Live update

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 4 July, at 14:30. During this briefing, the KSC Spokespersons will provide a short update on the latest developments in the judicial proceedings before the KSC, as well as on other public activities of the Court. Journalists will have the opportunity to ask questions. Pre-registration is required to attend each briefing. To pre-register, please send an email with name and affiliation to [email protected]. Deadline for pre-registration is every Thursday at 12:00. The Zoom details will be shared following pre-registration. Recordings of the update provided during the Weekly Press Briefings will be made available on the KSC YouTube Channel.

This morning, the SPO continued the examination of its 75th witness in court Bislim Zyrapi, whose testimony began on 1 July.

As announced yesterday, today’s hearing was shorter than usual, so the trial adjourned for the day. The hearing tomorrow (3 July) is scheduled to follow the regular hours, from 09:00 until 16:30.

This morning, the SPO continued the examination of its 75th witness in court Bislim Zyrapi, whose testimony began yesterday.

Due to the current witness being unavailable in the afternoon, the trial in the Thaçi et al. case is expected to take place from 09:00 to 13:00 on 2 July.

The most current courtroom schedule is always available on our online calendar.

Bislim Zyrapi is the new witness for the SPO, and his testimony started this morning. He is assisted by a duty counsel in the courtroom.

As per the Panel's information, this witness is not available to testify on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Therefore, his testimony for this week will occur for full days today and Wednesday, and for half days on Tuesday and Thursday. 

Here is the transcript of today's KSC Weekly Press Briefing.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 27 June, at 14:30. During this briefing, the KSC Spokespersons will provide a short update on the latest developments in the judicial proceedings before the KSC, as well as on other public activities of the Court. Journalists will have the opportunity to ask questions. Pre-registration is required to attend each briefing. To pre-register, please send an email with name and affiliation to [email protected]. Deadline for pre-registration is every Thursday at 12:00. The Zoom details will be shared following pre-registration. Recordings of the update provided during the Weekly Press Briefings will be made available on the KSC YouTube Channel.

After the completion of the testimony of the SPO witness W04846, the trial in the Thaçi et al. case has adjourned for the day and the week. The hearing planned for tomorrow, 27 June, is cancelled. The proceedings will continue on Monday, 1 July, at 10:00.

After witness Kurtesh Fondaj finished testifying, the SPO called a new witness. This is a protected witness with the pseudonym W04846. 

Please note the Panel’s decision from 19 June in relation to the testimony of this witness here.