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A protester throws back tear gas canisters at police units securing the entrance of the parliament building as protesters try to prevent Kosovo lawmakers from leaving the building without endorsing an amendment to the law on Specialist Chambers in Pristina, Kosovo, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Anger erupts in Pristina after Kosovo parliament stalls bid to curb powers of Hague court

By Zana Cimili - Associated Press

People rally in Pristina, Kosovo, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in support of the former president Hashim Thaci and the other defendants, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi ahead of their verdicts next week at a Netherlands-based court which tried them for alleged war crimes during a 1998-1999 separatist war from Serbia. (AP Photo/Zana Cimili)

Kosovo’s lawmakers slam EU-backed court’s war crimes verdicts of rebel leaders from war with Serbia

By Zana Cimili - Associated Press

People gather in Pristina, Kosovo, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, to protest against the verdicts for former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi, handed by a Netherlands-based court that tried them for alleged war crimes during the 1998-1999 war for independence from Serbia. (AP Photo/Zana Cimili)

Protests against war crimes verdicts add pressure on Kosovo’s government

By Zana Cimili - Associated Press

FILE - Hashim Thaci, head of the Kosovo Albanian negotiation team and head of the Kosovo Liberation Army political directorate, center, addresses a press conference in a secret location in central Kosovo, Saturday, March 13, 1999. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu, File)

A Hague court convicts Kosovo’s former President Thaci of war crimes and sentences him to 25 years

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

People rallied in support of a former president and three other ex-fighters ahead of their verdicts next week at a Netherlands-based court which tried them for alleged war crimes during a 1998-1999 separatist war from Serbia, in the capital Pristina, Kosovo, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Zana Cimili)

Kosovo protesters rally in support of ex-president ahead of war crimes trial verdict

By Zana Cimili - Associated Press

Thousands of people attend a huge protest in support of ex-leaders facing a trial for alleged war crimes during a 1998-1999 war for independence from Serbia, in Pristina, Kosovo, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Laura Hasani)

Thousands in Kosovo march against war crimes trials on 18th anniversary of independence declaration

By Zana Cimili - Associated Press

FILE - Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, left, appears before the Kosovo Tribunal in the Hague, on April 3, 2023. (Koen van Weel/Pool via AP, File)

Kosovo ex-President Thaci visits father’s tomb after Hague court bars him from attending funeral

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Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, left, appears before the Kosovo Tribunal as he defends himself against charges including murder, torture and persecution allegedly committed during his country's war for independence from Serbia in the Hague, on April 3, 2023. Thaci, who is on a trial on 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in The Hague, on Monday May 29, 2023 was in Kosovo to visit his ill mother, the court said. (Koen van Weel/Pool via AP, File)

Kosovo ex-president on trial for war crimes allowed to visit his sick mother

By Zenel Zhinipotoku and Llazar Semini - Associated Press

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, left, appears before the Kosovo Tribunal as he defends himself against charges including murder, torture and persecution allegedly committed during his country's war for independence from Serbia in the Hague, Monday, April 3, 2023. The trial of Kosovo's ex-president and three other former high-ranking members of the Kosovo Liberation Army charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity opens Monday. (Koen van Weel/Pool via AP)

‘Nobody is above the law’: Kosovo ex-president’s trial opens

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Hashim Thaci who resigned as Kosovo's president to face charges including murder, torture and persecution, and his attorney David Hooper, left, make their first courtroom appearance before a judge at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers court in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. An international prosecutor has indicted Thaci on 10 charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes for his leadership of fighters with the Kosovo Liberation Army who are accused of illegally imprisoning, abusing and murdering captured opponents and perceived traitors during the war. (Jerry Lampen via AP Photo, Pool)

Lawyers for Kosovo suspects: Trial can’t start before 2022

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Kosovo president Hashim Thaci addresses the nation as he announced his resignation to face war crimes charges in Kosovo capital Pristina on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Thaci, a guerrilla leader during Kosovo’s war for independence, has resigned in order to face charges for war crimes and crimes against humanity issued by at a special court based in The Hague, Netherlands. Thaci announced his resignation at a news conference on Thursday. He said he was taking the step “to protect the integrity of the presidency of Kosovo.” (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Ex-Kosovo president Hashim Thaci to appear in court Monday

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Kosovo president Hashim Thaci addresses the nation as he announced his resignation to face war crimes charges in Kosovo capital Pristina on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Thaci, a guerrilla leader during Kosovo’s war for independence, has resigned in order to face charges for war crimes and crimes against humanity issued by at a special court based in The Hague, Netherlands. Thaci announced his resignation at a news conference on Thursday. He said he was taking the step “to protect the integrity of the presidency of Kosovo.” (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Kosovo president resigns to face war crimes charges

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

A photo of the Order of Freedom awarded to the U.S President Donald Trump, undersigned by Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci in capital Pristina, Kosovo on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Kosovo's president awarded U.S. President Donald Trump with one of the country's highest medals - Kosovo's Order of Freedom - for his government's efforts on peace and reconciliation in the former war-torn region. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Kosovo awards Trump with Order of Freedom for peace efforts

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Kosovo President Hashim Thaci greets former members of the so-called Kosovo Liberation army, which fought for independence from Serbia, and other supporters waiting for his return at the border crossing points in Vrmice, Kosovo, Friday, July 17, 2020. Thaci was warmly welcomed by supporters on Friday upon return from the Netherlands where he was questioned by prosecutors at a special international court on alleged crimes during the 1998-1999 war after which his country won independence from Serbia. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Crowds welcome Kosovo president returning from questioning

By FLORENT BAJRAMI - Associated Press

Kosovo president visits prosecutors who indicted him

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

War veterans of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) attend a protest in Pristina, Kosovo, Thursday, July 9, 2020. War veterans of the Kosovo Liberation army, or KLA, that fought for independence from Serbia held a protest against the indictment of the country's president being investigated of war crimes allegedly committed during and after a 1998-1999-armed conflict. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Kosovo veterans protest war crimes charges against president

By VISAR KRYEZIU - Associated Press

Kosovo president Hashim Thaci speaks during a televised address to the nation, in Pristina, Kosovo, Monday, June 29, 2020. Kosovo’s president on Monday denied committing war crimes during and after a 1998-1999 armed conflict between ethnic Albanian separatists and Serbia and said he would resign if the indictment is confirmed by an international war crimes court. (AP Photo/Astrit Ibrahimi)

Kosovo’s president to be questioned in war crimes inquiry

By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

Kosovo president Hashim Thaci shakes hands with Albania Prime Minister Edi Rama during his official visit to Kosovo in Pristina, Monday, June 29, 2020. Kosovo’s president on Monday denied committing war crimes during and after a 1998-1999 armed conflict between ethnic Albanian separatists and Serbia and said he would resign if the indictment is confirmed by an international war crimes court. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Kosovo president says he will resign if case goes ahead

By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 file photo, Kosovo president Hashim Thaci gestures during a press conference in Kosovo capital Pristina. Kosovo’s president and nine other former separatist fighters were indicted on a range of crimes against humanity and war crimes charges, including murder, by a court investigating crimes against ethnic Serbs during and after Kosovo’s 1998-99 independence war with Serbia, it was reported on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu, File)

Kosovo president, indicted for war crimes, heads back home

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU - Associated Press

Newly elected prime minister Avdullah Hoti, speaks to the media, in the capital Pristina, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Kosovo’s parliament voted in a new prime minister Wednesday to lead a fragile coalition government that will inherit the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and stalled normalization talks with neighboring Serbia. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Kosovo PM cancels trip to US for talks with Serbia

By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press