Live update

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

Protected witness W04445 is the next witness for the Prosecution, and this testimony is being conducted via a video link. As per the Prosecution's summary in court, this witness and his relative supported the LDK party. In 1998, KLA members abducted the witness' relative, whose body was found later that year. In the same year, the witness was also detained and mistreated by KLA members.

Please be informed that the testimony given by the former witness, Bislim Zyrapi, is not finished. It is scheduled to continue on Monday, 8 July, at 09:00.

Prosecution’s witness Bislim Zyrapi continued his testimony this morning. The Defence of Hashim Thaçi is currently cross-examining the witness.

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.