{"id":75208,"date":"2025-01-07T22:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T21:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=75208"},"modified":"2025-01-07T21:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T20:56:04","slug":"hashim-thaci-is-declared-innocent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/hashim-thaci-is-declared-innocent\/","title":{"rendered":"Hashim Tha\u00e7i is declared innocent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former president of Kosovo, Hashim Tha\u00e7i, has pleaded not guilty to charges against the administration of justice, the Special Court in The Hague announced on January.<\/p>\n<p>Tha\u00e7i made the declaration in written form on Monday, January 6, writes KosovaPress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After the preliminary procedure judge&#8217;s invitation to the conference on the progress of the case on December 17, Hashim Tha\u00e7i declared his guilt in written form on January 6, 2025. He pleaded not guilty to all counts of the indictment&#8221;, says the announcement of the Specialized Chambers of Kosovo, known as the Special Court.<\/p>\n<p>Tha\u00e7i is being accused for the second time by the Specialized Prosecutor&#8217;s Office in The Hague. The SPS charges him with acts related to influencing witnesses \u2013 while he is in a protracted trial for alleged war crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Ku\u00e7i, the former head of the Kosovo Intelligence Agency, Bashkim Smakaj, the former mayor of Malisheva, Isni Kilaj, and the former KLA member Fadil Fazli.<\/p>\n<p>It is about criminal offenses related to allegations of &#8220;influencing the testimony of witnesses&#8221; in the &#8220;Tha\u00e7i and others&#8221; court case.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former president of Kosovo, Hashim Tha\u00e7i, has pleaded not guilty to charges against the administration of justice, the Special Court in The Hague announced on January. Tha\u00e7i made the declaration in written form on Monday, January 6, writes KosovaPress. &#8220;After the preliminary procedure judge&#8217;s invitation to the conference on the progress of the case [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":75209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,1803],"tags":[1394,1841,7190,450],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hashim Tha\u00e7i is declared innocent - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/hashim-thaci-is-declared-innocent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hashim Tha\u00e7i is declared innocent - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The former president of Kosovo, Hashim Tha\u00e7i, has pleaded not guilty to charges against the administration of justice, the Special Court in The Hague announced on January. 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