Tag: hague
Macedonia 12.11.20 | 18:52

Ali Ahmeti will donate to the legal defense fund for Hashim Thaci and other Kosovan war crimes suspects

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti said that he will financially contribute to the legal defense fund for other members of the Kosovan UCK/KLA guerrilla force, who are now facing war crimes charges in the Hague. This includes Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and other top Kosovan officials. Ahmeti was a high profile...

Macedonia 02.09.20 | 16:58

Ahmeti is testifying before war crimes prosecutors in Pristina

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti testified today before the war crimes prosecutors, but not in the Hague, as was announced. Ahmeti gave his testimony in Pristina. Local media report that this is an option made available to the prosecutors when the people they are interrogating are unable to travel to the...

Macedonia 02.09.20 | 08:57

Ahmeti about to be interrogated by war crimes prosecutors in the Hague

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti is scheduled to meet with special war crimes prosecutors in the Hague and testify on his role in the UCK militant organization in Kosovo. Ahmeti insists that he is in the Hague merely as a witness, although the prosecutors would not confirm this statement. He has received...

Macedonia 01.09.20 | 12:15

Ahmeti is going to the Hague “just as a witness”, Foreign Minister Osmani insists

Speaking to the press, newly appointed Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani insisted that his party leader Ali Ahmeti is going to the Hague tomorrow just as a witness and not as a defendant. Ahmeti has been summoned before the special war crimes prosecutors in the Hague who are investigating the UCK Albanian...

Macedonia 23.08.20 | 18:41

Witness or defendant? – Hague prosecutors won’t say in what capacity are they summoning Ali Ahmeti

Representatives of the Hague war crimes tribunal for Kosovo would not say in what capacity is Ali Ahmeti invited there. Ahmeti, who participated in the 1999 Kosovo war and then sparked a civil war in Macedonia in 2001 with his UCK/NLA terrorist organization, confirmed that he will appear before the tribunal...

Macedonia 22.08.20 | 19:40

Ali Ahmeti will appear before the war crimes prosecutors in the Hague in 10 days

The DUI party confirmed that its leader Ali Ahmeti will testify before the special war crimes prosecutors in the Hague in 10 days. Ahmeti was commander of the terrorist UCK/NLA organization that began the 2001 civil war in Macedonia. He was also active in the 1999 war in Kosovo, and it’s believed...

Macedonia 22.07.20 | 22:30

Ali Ahmeti was called to testify before war crimes prosecutors in the Hague

DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti informed the public that he has been summoned as a witness before the Hague special prosecutors for war crimes in Kosovo. It’s still not clear in what case will Ahmeti be interrogated, and whether it’s the same war crimes case against Kosovo President Hashim Thaci....

Macedonia 05.12.19 | 11:35

Anniversary of Macedonia’s now squandered legal victory over Greece

Today marks the eight anniversary since Macedonia won its case against Greece before the International Court of Justice. Macedonia sued Greece over the Greek veto for Macedonia’s NATO membership application at the 2008 Bucharest summit. The two countries had a signed Interim Accord from 1995, in...

Macedonia 17.07.19 | 15:45

Boki 13 sent to the “luxurious” “Hague wing” of the Sutka prison

The management of the Sutka prison near Skopje informed that Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 was sent to the so-called Hague wing of the prison, which has the best living standards in the otherwise horrific prison. The name derives from the Hague tribunal, as a wing of the prison was “spruced...

Balkans 20.03.19 | 15:17

Radovan Karadzic sentenced to life in prison

The International War Crimes Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the Hague sentenced former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to life in prison, for his role in the brutal civil war. Karadzic was initially sentenced to 40 years in prison, and on appeal from prosecutors, a life sentence was declared. Applause...