{"id":80853,"date":"2025-10-15T20:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=80853"},"modified":"2025-10-15T21:05:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T19:05:52","slug":"grenell-attacks-von-der-leyen-your-court-has-kept-thaci-in-prison-for-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/grenell-attacks-von-der-leyen-your-court-has-kept-thaci-in-prison-for-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Grenell Criticizes Von der Leyen Over Tha\u00e7i\u2019s Five-Year Detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Grenell, the U.S. Special Envoy of former President Donald Trump for global crises, has sharply criticized the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, following her visit to Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on the platform X (formerly Twitter), Grenell accused von der Leyen \u2014 as the head of the EU\u2019s highest institution \u2014 of remaining silent while the Hague Court has kept former Kosovo President Hashim Tha\u00e7i imprisoned for five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour Hague Court has kept President Tha\u00e7i for five years. How can you give judicial advice to any country? You stayed silent while Jack Smith arrested a sitting president simply because he was on his way to meet Donald Trump to broker a peace deal that would dismantle Jack Smith\u2019s court. It\u2019s shameful how the media has ignored this political prosecution,\u201d Grenell stated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Grenell, the U.S. Special Envoy of former President Donald Trump for global crises, has sharply criticized the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, following her visit to Kosovo. 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