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Kosovo court to deliver Thaçi verdict, prosecutors seek 45 years

By Drooid · Sep 16, 2026, 6:40 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Kosovo Chamber Announces Verdict

The Netherlands' Kosovo Specialist Chambers will announce the verdict for president Hashim Thaçi and three ex-KLA leaders.
Prosecutors are seeking 45-year prison terms for Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi.
The defendants deny all charges.
Dutch police limited standing time and redirected demonstrators.
U.S. and other embassies warned citizens to avoid crowds amid heightened security.

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Kosovo Delegate Signs

He headed Kosovo’s delegation that signed the Western-brokered peace proposal at the 1999 Rambouillet talks.
He co-founded the Democratic Party of Kosovo, the main post-war political successor to the KLA.
More than 100 nations, chiefly Western, recognize Kosovo’s 2008 independence, while Serbia, Russia and China do not.
He was born on April 24, 1968, in Kosovo and later studied history and international relations in Zurich.

History

Historical Context

The United Nations Security Council created the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on 25 May 1993 to try war crimes from the 1991-2001 conflicts. The ICTY indicted 161 individuals, including sitting president Slobodan Miloševic, and operated until 31 December 2017, after which its residual mechanism continued oversight. Its precedent underpins later Balkan war-crimes courts.

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Kosovo Chamber Announces Verdict

The Netherlands' Kosovo Specialist Chambers will announce the verdict for president Hashim Thaçi and three ex-KLA leaders.
Prosecutors are seeking 45-year prison terms for Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi.
The defendants deny all charges.
Dutch police limited standing time and redirected demonstrators.
U.S. and other embassies warned citizens to avoid crowds amid heightened security.

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