serbia-demands-explanations-on-kosovo-organ-trafficking-evidence-destruction
14 Feb 12 Serbia Asks about Evidence Destruction in Organ Trafficking Case

Serbian authorities have asked the Hague tribunal to clarify reports about the destruction of evidence linked to allegations of organ trafficking in Kosovo.

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14 Feb 12 Kosovo Lawmaker Testifies in Medicus Organ Trafficking Case

A former health adviser to Kosovo's prime minister testified on Monday in the so-called Medicus case, which centres on allegations of organ trafficking and organised crime.

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13 Feb 12 New Trial Starts in Case Against KLA Members

Belgrade's Special Court held a preliminary hearing on Monday in a new trial for nine Albanian men accused of war crimes against civilians in Kosovo in 1999.

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10 Feb 12 EU Prosecutor Will Not Testify in Limaj Trial

Court confirms that EULEX Special Prosecutor Maurizio Salustro is not obliged to testify in the case against Fatmir Limaj and nine other former KLA fighters suspected of war crimes.

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09 Feb 12 Serbian NGO Uncovers Evidence Against General

A human rights group has released a document which it says shows the new head of the Serbian Army bears command responsibility for war crimes in Kosovo. 

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kosovo-court-to-decide-on-eulex-prosecutor-immunity
09 Feb 12 Kosovo Court to Decide Prosecutor's Role in Limaj Trial

Pristina District Court will decide on Thursday whether a European Union Prosecutor should be called to testify in Fatmir Limaj's war crimes trial.

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07 Feb 12 Witness Says He Knew Nothing About Bitici Brothers

A member of the Serbian special police forces has told a court he had no information to suggest that three Albanian brothers with U.S. citizenship were kept illegally at a police training centre while he was there.

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07 Feb 12 Limaj’s Defence: Four Hands Behind “Witness X” Diary

Handwriting analysis, commissioned by defence lawyers, of a diary which forms part of the war crimes case against Kosovo politician Fatmir Limaj has concluded that the document was probably written by more than one person.

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03 Feb 12 Salustro to Remain Prosecutor in Klecka Case

EULEX Chief Prosecutor says Italian Special Prosecutor will not be dropped from the case, nor will his immunity be lifted so that he can testify as Fatmir Limaj's defence sought.

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ruling-party-asks-for-salustro-s-immunity
02 Feb 12 Kosovo Party Backs Ending Salustro’s Immunity

Kosovo's ruling party backs calls by Fatmir Limaj's lawyers for EULEX prosecutor Maurizio Salustro to be stripped of immunity and made to testify.

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31 Jan 12 Kosovars Stage Protest Against Limaj Trial

Students and veterans of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, on Monday demanded the end of the Klecka trial, condemning it as “discrimination against the liberators” of Kosovo.

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25 Jan 12 No Doubts Over Serbia Army Chief's Past, Prosecutor Says

Serbia's War Crimes Prosecutor says the new head of the Serbian Army is not suspected of command responsibility for war crimes in Kosovo, refuting claims made by an NGO.

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belgrade-court-overturns-kla-ruling
06 Jan 12 Belgrade Court Overturns KLA Ruling

The Court of Appeals in Belgrade has overturned a ruling that sent nine former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army to prison for the murder of civilians.

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trial-witness-identifies-jackals-members
29 Dec 11 Trial Witness Identifies "Jackals" Members

One of the key witnesses in a high-profile war crimes trial in Belgrade has identified members of a paramilitary unit he says were responsible for the attack on Cuska village in Kosovo in 1999.

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29 Nov 11 Nazim Bllaca, Kosovo’s Self-Styled Assassin: ‘I’m not Mad’

Key witness in trial that convicted Fahredin Gashi says guilty verdict proves his claim that he conducted assassinations at the secret services’ behest.

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Background

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Profile

Hashim Thaci 'From 'Snake' to Prime Minister

Thaci, born in 1968, joined the Albanian independence cause as a student, becoming one of the leaders of the protest movement in the early 1990s. As the Serbian crackdown intensified, he left for Switzerland, studying history and international relations in Zurich.

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