{"id":76541,"date":"2025-02-20T14:04:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T13:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=76541"},"modified":"2025-02-20T14:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T13:59:14","slug":"special-prosecution-indicts-two-defendants-for-espionage-in-kosovo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/special-prosecution-indicts-two-defendants-for-espionage-in-kosovo\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Prosecution Indicts Two Defendants for Espionage in Kosovo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"205144c5-9b79-4cc8-ad12-4c5c7959dca2\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"276\">The Special Prosecution of Kosovo has filed an indictment this Thursday at the Basic Court in Pristina against two defendants, B.Sh. and M.Q., following investigative developments.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"278\" data-end=\"721\">&#8220;There is well-founded suspicion that the defendants, B.Sh. and M.Q., individually committed the criminal offense of &#8216;Espionage&#8217; under Article 124, Paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo (KPRK). 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