Tag: thaci
Macedonia 08.02.24 | 20:38

DUI and SDSM lost one vote in their fight against the Alliance of Albanians

The DUI-SDSM coalition lost one vote from its majority, as it tries to discipline the smaller Albanian partner – Alliance of Albanians. Menduh Thaci, leader of the once major DPA party, said that he will not attend the Parliament session or vote for the proposed new ministers. DUI is leading the...
Balkans 09.11.20 | 18:08

Hashim Thaci pleads not guilty

Kosovan President and former warlord Hashim Thaci pled not guilty on the war crimes charge put forward by a special tribunal in the Hague. Thaci is charged with unlawful detention and killing of almost 100 people, Serbs and other non-Albanians as well as Albanians, in the run up to and during the 1999...
Balkans 06.11.20 | 15:33

Thaci is charged with nearly 100 counts of murder

The tribunal investigating war crimes perpetrated by the Kosovo Albanian UCK guerrilla movement is prosecuting the country’s President and former chief UCK commander Hashim Thaci for 98 counts of murder. Thaci is going to have his first appearance before the judges on Monday. Charges are also raised...
Macedonia 04.08.20 | 18:10

DPA says it will join a possible ruling coalition with SDSM

The minor DPA party said that it will join SDSM in coalition. The once signifficant Democratic Party of Albanians led by Menduh Thaci now has one seat in the Parliament. Its official Azem Sedaku said that he met with SDSM officials Oliver Spasovski and Radmila Sekerinska and agreed to join SDSM in any...
Macedonia 07.07.20 | 20:09

A Government made of VMRO and SDSM will lead to war, or the creation of a separate “Albanian Government”, Albanian parties say

Menduh Thaci, leader of the now small DPA party that represents ethnic Albanians, said that a coalition between VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM, that excludes Albanian parties, would lead to war. The idea of a grand coalition was raised by SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev, who urged VMRO leader Hristijan Mickoski to...
Balkans 24.06.20 | 17:42

Hashim Thaci charged with war crimes while heading to the White House for a summit with Aleksandar Vucic

The Hague based international court tasked with investigating war crimes perpetrated by the Albanian nationalist groups during the Kosovo war announced that it is charging President Hashim Thaci and former Parliament Speaker Kadri Veseli with war crimes. The announcement was made while Thaci was en route...
Balkans 22.05.20 | 13:47

Hashim Thaci says he dreams of adding three Serbian towns to Kosovo

Kosovan President Hashim Thaci, who is moving forward with a plan to exchange territories between Serbia and Kosovo, said that his dream is to add the towns of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvegja to Kosovo. The three majority ethnic Albanian towns are in Serbia, which is in turning pushing to have several...
Macedonia 06.03.20 | 14:23

Thaci: SDSM is losing to VMRO and needs votes from BESA

Menduh Thaci, the leader of the ethnic Albanian DPA party, says that the coalition between SDSM and BESA, which is the first pre-election coalition between what used to be a Macedonia party and an Albanian party, is borne out of necessity. Thaci says that VMRO-DPMNE leads SDSM in the polls, which prompted...
Macedonia 23.12.19 | 13:10

Skopje Appeals Court strikes down prison sentence against Saso Mijalkov

Multiple media outlets are reporting that the Skopje Appeals Court struck down the sentences against former UBK security agency chief Saso Mijalkov, the DPA party leader Menduh Thaci and the other defendants who were sentenced for alleged election tampering. The Appeals Court found that judge Ognen Stavrev,...
Macedonia 10.11.19 | 11:29

Kosovo’s President Thaci snubs the Mini Schengen initaitive

Kosovan President Hashim Thaci informed the public over Facebook that he has refused an invitation to attend the Mini Schengen regional initiative held in Ohrid today. Thaci said that his country as deliberately neglected by the initiative, which includes Serbia – a country whose policy is to limit...
Macedonia 25.01.19 | 16:38

Leaders from Kosovo and Albania welcome the deal to rename Macedonia

Leaders from Kosovo an Albania congratulated Greece and Macedonia on the deal in which Macedonia will have to change its name, while Greece would have to allow it to join NATO and later on the EU. Congratulations to Greece MPs, to PM Tsipras, for showing vision and courage and voting the Prespa Agreement....

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