Shock and anger in Kosovo as former president convicted

Kronen Zeitung

Right

Factuality

Ownership

The condemnation of the former President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, and three other former members of the leadership of the Kosovo-Albanian Liberation Army (KLA) for war crimes led to angry protests both in front of the Kosovo Special Tribunal in the Dutch city of The Hague and in the Kosovar capital Pristina. Followers of Thaci went to the streets against the "devastationous verdict".

Mediapart

Lean Left

Factuality

Ownership

Four former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army were sentenced on Wednesday to heavy prison sentences by the specialized chambers that judged them in The Hague. In Pristina, the verdict fell like a thunderbolt, questioning the story of the national liberation struggle.

Dnevni list Danas

Vijesti

View article

Reposted by

Vijesti

Lean Left

Factuality

Ownership

The situation in front of the Kosovo Government is becoming tense, because a group of demonstrators threw stones at the Government building and broke several windows.    

6yka.com

Factuality

Ownership

A group of Albanians gathered in Pristina today after the conviction of former leaders of the so-called KLA before the Specialized Chambers in The Hague, and the protest escalated into incidents in front of the Government of the Provisional Institutions building. The protesters reached the Government building, which, according to available information, they began throwing stones at. On that occasion, the windows of the building were broken. The …

nsuzivo.rs

Factuality

Ownership

After the verdict of four former KLA leaders was pronounced in the Special Court in The Hague, the mass of citizens who had gathered in the main square in Pristina headed towards the headquarters of EULEX, where the offices of the Specialized Councils in The Hague are also located, reports Kosovo Press. Thousands of people were gathered in the square in Pristina where they were waiting [...]