the archive of all previous press briefings is available on this page and the video files can be found on our youtube channel
Wednesday
24 April, 2024
16:45
Thaçi et al. trial: today’s hearing adjourned/new witness tomorrow
Following the completion of the testimony of the 56th witness, W04850, today's hearing has adjourned. The trial will resume tomorrow at 09:00 with the testimony of a new witness.
Wednesday
24 April, 2024
15:30
Thaçi et al. trial: testimony of new SPO witness (56th) begins
This afternoon, the SPO called its 56th witness. This is a protected witness with the pseudonym W04850. As per the prosecution's summary presented in court, this witness will testify about an individual who was arrested by the KLA in 1999 and has been missing since then.
Wednesday
24 April, 2024
11:30
Thaçi et al. trial: testimony of SPO’s 55th witness ongoing/online stream functional
The testimony of the SPO's 55th witness Ramiz Qeriqi continued in the Thaçi et al. trial this morning.
The online stream of the hearing is currently functioning correctly. We acknowledge that the initial technical issues resulted in the first part of the hearing not being fully accessible in the live stream. The Kosovo Specialist Chambers will share a full public recording of today's hearing, including the part that was not accessible, with the media and the public as soon as possible.
Wednesday
24 April, 2024
10:00
Thaçi et al. trial: Technical problems with delayed feed at the moment
We are currently facing technical issues with the live feed, causing disruptions to the online livestream. We are actively working to fix this problem.
Tuesday
23 April, 2024
09:45
Thaçi et al. trial: witness Qeriqi continues testimony
This morning, the Prosecution continued the direct examination of its 55th witness, Ramiz Qeriqi, which started yesterday.
Monday
22 April, 2024
16:45
Thaçi et al. trial: Prosecution’s 55th witness takes the stand
The new prosecution witness is Ramiz Qeriqi. As per the summary presented by the SPO in court, this witness served as a battalion Commander in the KLA’s 121st Brigade in the Pashtrik zone during the relevant period.
Monday
22 April, 2024
09:45
Thaçi et al. trial: Prosecution’s 54th witness resumes testimony
This morning, the protected witness W04739 resumed the testimony from 4 April. The testimony is being conducted entirely in closed session.
Thursday
18 April, 2024
14:30
KSC Weekly Press Briefing on 18 April 2024: transcript
Here is the transcript of today's KSC Weekly Press Briefing.
Thursday
18 April, 2024
14:15
Januzi et al. case: deadline for legal aid submissions now extended (Bahtijari)
On 15 April 2024, Pre-Trial Judge Guillou granted the Bahtijari Defence's request and instructed them to finalize and submit the required documents for the KSC legal aid request by 19 April. This extension was granted by Judge Guillou on the basis of an established good cause.
See here our earlier announcement regarding the same issue.
Thursday
18 April, 2024
14:00
Haxhi Shala’s appeal against continued detention denied
On 12 April, the Court of Appeals Panel denied the appeal by Haxhi Shala against the Pre-Trial Judge’s decision ordering his continued detention. More details in the decision (public redacted version) of the Court of Appeals panel.