—❗️🇽🇰/🇳🇱 WATCH: Supporters of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi clashed with Dutch police in The Hague following his 25-year prison sentence for war crimes.

➡️ Police used water to disperse protesters near the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, and several arrests were reported.

➡️ Thaçi was convicted of murder, torture, cruel treatment and arbitrary detention committed during the 1998–99 Kosovo war.

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—❗️🇽🇰 WATCH: Protesters clashed with Kosovo police outside EULEX facilities in Pristina following the Kosovo Specialist Chambers’ verdict against former KLA leaders.

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—🇭🇷❌🇺🇳 NEW: Croatia’s Foreign Ministry said it takes note of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers’ first-instance judgment and stressed that the ruling is not final, adding that it does not want to prejudge the outcome of the appeals process.

➡️ Zagreb also said the verdict does not change the historical context of the Kosovo war, arguing that Kosovo and its population were victims of repression and serious crimes committed by Slobodan Milošević’s regime, and that individual criminal responsibility should not be used to question Kosovo’s freedom or independence.

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—🇽🇰❌🇺🇳 Kosovo political rivals unite against Hague verdict

➡️ PM Albin Kurti and FM Glauk Konjufca have sharply criticized the Kosovo Specialist Chambers’ ruling.

➡️ Despite deep political divisions between the government and the convicted former officials, Kosovo’s leadership has publicly rallied behind them as the legal fight moves to the appeals stage.

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