โโ๏ธ๐ฝ๐ฐ /๐ณ๐ฑ WATCH: Supporters of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaรงi clashed with Dutch police in The Hague following his 25-year prison sentence for war crimes.
โก๏ธ Police used water to disperse protesters near the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, and several arrests were reported.
โก๏ธ Thaรงi was convicted of murder, torture, cruel treatment and arbitrary detention committed during the 1998โ99 Kosovo war.
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โ๐บ๐ธ /๐ฆ๐ฑ /๐ฝ๐ฐ 'Albanians for America' denounces Hague verdict against former KLA leaders
โก๏ธ Albanians for America said it received the Kosovo Specialist Chambersโ judgment against former KLA leaders with โdeep concern and dismay,โ calling it unjust and insisting that the KLAโs struggle for Kosovoโs freedom should not be equated with crimes committed by Serbian forces during the 1998โ99 war.
โก๏ธ The group stressed that the ruling is a first-instance judgment and can be appealed.
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โโ๏ธ๐ฝ๐ฐ WATCH: Pierre-Richard Prosper, a lawyer for former Kosovo President Hashim Thaรงi, sharply criticised the Kosovo Specialist Chambers after todayโs judgment, questioning whether any country would willingly accept a comparable international judicial process in the future.
โก๏ธ The defence has indicated it will appeal.
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โโ๏ธ๐ฝ๐ฐ WATCH: Protesters clashed with Kosovo police outside EULEX facilities in Pristina following the Kosovo Specialist Chambersโ verdict against former KLA leaders.
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โ๐ง๐ฆ โ ๐บ๐ณ NEW: Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik sharply criticised the Kosovo Specialist Chambersโ verdict against former KLA leaders, calling it a โcaricature of justice.โ
โก๏ธ He argued that killings of Serbs were not classified as crimes against humanity and accused the court of downplaying crimes committed against Serbian victims.
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โ๐ญ๐ท โ ๐บ๐ณ NEW: Croatiaโs Foreign Ministry said it takes note of the Kosovo Specialist Chambersโ 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.
โก๏ธ 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 Miloลกeviฤโs regime, and that individual criminal responsibility should not be used to question Kosovoโs freedom or independence.
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โโ๏ธ๐ฝ๐ฐ BREAKING: The building of the Kosovo government in Pristina is being stoned by protesters.
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โ๐ฆ๐ฑ /๐ฝ๐ฐ /๐บ๐ณ Tirana Report: "Albanian PM Edi Rama was a main champion of creating the Special Court, which today sentenced 4 former KLA leaders to prison. Another failure for Rama in pan-national and foreign policy, filled only with hollow meetings, empty summits & playing the court jester for foreign peers."
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โ๐ฆ๐ฑ /๐ฝ๐ฐ /๐บ๐ณ NEW: Albanian PM Edi Rama reacted to the Kosovo Specialist Chambersโ verdict against former KLA leaders by posting an image of the EU accompanied by a single word: โShame.โ
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โ๐ช๐บ /๐ฝ๐ฐ /๐บ๐ณ NEW: The EU urged restraint, saying the Specialist Chambers must operate independently and without interference, while noting the defendantsโ right to appeal.โKosovo Update
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โ๐บ๐ธ /๐ฝ๐ฐ /๐บ๐ณ NEW: U.S. Balkan expert Daniel Serwer said Americans and Europeans should be โashamedโ for criminalizing a liberation movement they supported, calling the verdict and court โunjust.โโKosovo Update
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โ๐ช๐บ /๐ฝ๐ฐ /๐บ๐ณ Marta Kos, European Commissioner for Enlargement:
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The Kosovo Specialist Chambers is an impartial and independent judicial body.
Its judgments must be respected and the convicted have the right to appeal.
This is about individual accountability and justice for victims and their families from all communities in Kosovo.
I call on actors in the region to help heal the wounds of the past. Only through reconciliation can the countries of the region overcome divisions and advance towards a common future in the EU.
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โ๐ฝ๐ฐ โ ๐บ๐ณ Kosovo political rivals unite against Hague verdict
โก๏ธ PM Albin Kurti and FM Glauk Konjufca have sharply criticized the Kosovo Specialist Chambersโ ruling.
โก๏ธ Despite deep political divisions between the government and the convicted former officials, Kosovoโs leadership has publicly rallied behind them as the legal fight moves to the appeals stage.
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โโก๏ธ ๐ฒ๐ช /๐ฏ๐ต NEW: Montenegro and Japan agree five-year energy cooperation framework.
โก๏ธ The agreement covers electricity, gas and LNG infrastructure.
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โ๐ณ ๐ท๐ธ Majority of opposition parties coalesce behind the Student List
โก๏ธ So far, at least seven parliamentary opposition parties, as well as various extra-parliamentary organisations, have withdrawn from the parliamentary election in favour of the Student List.
โก๏ธ They have endorsed the list as the only actor capable of defeating the ruling SNS, meaning that the 25 October election will largely be perceived as a referendum between the SNS and the Student List.
โก๏ธ Several opposition parties, including the European List coalition and the Eurosceptic NADA coalition, still intend to run.
๐ SERBIA ELECTS
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