A London newspaper has published leaked NATO documents that describe Kosovo Albanian PM as one of the “biggest fish” in organized crime in Kosovo. The Guardian has published the article on the day the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is debating a draft resolution based on Dick Marty’s report on human organ trafficking in Kosovo, and Albania, writes the BBC.
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Thaci party winner, show preliminary results
January 24th, 2011 |
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The Kosovo Central Election Commission announced on Monday the preliminary results of the elections in Kosovo.
According to this, Hashim Thaci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo won with 32.4 percent of the votes.
“Thaci could testify at KLA trial”
January 20th, 2011 |
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Kosovo Albanian PM Hashim Thaci could testify at the trial of several leaders of the former so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). They are Sabit Geci and Riza Alija, Albanian language daily Koha Ditore reported in Priština on Thursday.
Marty: I didn’t directly accuse Thaci
January 19th, 2011 |
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Council of Europe Rapporteur Dick Marty says he did not claim that it was Kosovo Albanian PM Hashim Thaci who took part in the human organ trafficking.
“If you read the report carefully, I never decidedly say that Mr. Thaci directly took part in the organ trade,†the CoE rapporteur stressed.
“Thaci manipulated votesâ€
January 12th, 2011 |
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Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) leader Isa Mustafa says that Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci should be held responsible for manipulating more than 20,000 votes.
He points out that Thaci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) received 20,000 more votes in municipalities of Srbica and Glogovac on January 9 than on December 12, 2010.
Swiss daily: Thaci prepared KLA in Switzerland
January 8th, 2011 |
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Geneva-based daily Le Temps reports that Hashim Thaci was preparing his rise in the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in Switzerland in mid-90s.
Albanian Diaspora in Switzerland was raising significant funds for the KLA during those years, the daily reported.
Thaci: Report putting dialogue at risk
December 31st, 2010 |
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Kosovo Albanian PM Hashim Thaci told B92 that Council of Europe Rapporteur Dick Marty’s report linking him to human organ trade was not true.
He stressed that the report represented an attack on the upcoming dialogue between Belgrade and Priština.
“Arrest warrant for Thaci still in effectâ€
December 30th, 2010 |
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Serbian Justice Minister Snežana Malović has denied that the arrest warrant for Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci was withdrawn.
She told daily Politika that the Serbian judicial bodies have conducted a series of preliminary investigations in connection with organ trafficking in Kosovo.
Marty’s report Nazi propaganda, Thaci says
December 30th, 2010 |
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Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci has compared Council of Europe Rapporteur Dick Marty’s report on human organ trade to “Nazi propagandaâ€.
He has denied any involvement in criminal activities and assessed that this is a “political revengeâ€.
Thaci promises lifting of EU visas
December 29th, 2010 |
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Outgoing Kosovo Albanian PM Hashim Thaci has stated that 2010 was a “historic year for the establishment of Kosovo’s statehood”. It was also full of challenges and acute problems which were successfully resolved, said he.
Serb party wants to join Thaci
December 29th, 2010 |
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Independent Liberal Party (SLS) leader Slobodan Petrović says his party is willing to form a ruling coalition with Hashim Thaci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo.
“The good experience we had with the ruling parties during the last term will help us make the decision to be part of the Kosovo government once again. What is important and clear for the SLS is our determination to support the political principles based in European values,” Petrović said in an interview with BBCAlbanian.com.
Deputy prosecutor: Thaci threatening witnesses
December 28th, 2010 |
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Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić says the Kosovo Albanian PM was threatening witnesses and calling for their lynching. Hashim Thaci announced over the weekend that he would disclose the names of Albanians who helped the Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur Dick Marty prepare his report on human organ trafficking, which accuses Thaci and his KLA.
Video incriminates Thaci, Thaci blames Serbia
December 24th, 2010 |
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One of the main pieces of evidence of the Serbian prosecution against Hashim Thaci and his KLA group is a video made in a camp that shows kidnapped Serbs.
The video was made by the members of the ethnic Albanian so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in May of 1998, daily Blic reported.
Serb party says won’t join Thaci
December 24th, 2010 |
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One of the Serb parties that took part in elections organized by the Kosovo Albanian government said they would not join a coalition with Hashim Thaci. Radamila Trajković, who was running in the recent Kosovo elections for the United Serb List (JSL), stated on Thursday that members of the civic initiative will not form a coalition with the outgoing Kosovo Albanian PM, whose party won majority of the vote.
AKR sets conditions for Thaci
December 22nd, 2010 |
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The New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) has warned Hashim Thaci that there will be no place in the new government for persons who are under criminal investigation.
“The condition is that all persons under criminal investigation be excluded from the government, said AKR Leader Behgjet Pacolli, who is one of the presidential aspirants, and his party deputy Mimoza Kusari-Lila confirmed.
I’m ready to cooperate, Thaci says
December 22nd, 2010 |
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“I have nothing to hide and I demand that the international community and Kosovo authorities investigate the whole case,†Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci said.
He told Associated Press (AP) that he would be “very cooperative” in dealing with allegations made in a report by Council of Europe investigator Dick Marty that the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), led by Thaci, killed Serb and Albanian civilian captives to sell their kidneys in 1999.
Hashim Thaci, Kosovo’s new president?
December 20th, 2010 |
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Hashim Thaci will likely become Kosovo’s next president, while Mimoza Kusari-Lila could take over as prime minister. This is according to a Kosovo Press news agency report today, which cites sources close to Thaci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo.
Thaci’s “Goebbels” comment angers Swiss
Kosovo Albanian PM Hashim Thaci has angered politicians in Switzerland when he compared the Marty report to the Nazi German propaganda of Joseph Goebbels.
According to Switzerland’s Le Matin daily, the comparison is violent and offensive to politicians in Switzerland.