{"id":82608,"date":"2026-02-02T14:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=82608"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:44:22","slug":"former-president-of-kosovo-denies-any-involvement-in-the-epstein-file-reports-are-a-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-president-of-kosovo-denies-any-involvement-in-the-epstein-file-reports-are-a-hoax\/","title":{"rendered":"Former President of Kosovo Denies Any Involvement in the Epstein File: Reports Are a Hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President of the Republic of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, has publicly responded to media reports linking her name to the \u201cEpstein\u201d file, recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice. In an official statement, Jahjaga described these reports as untrue, unfounded, and misleading to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedia reports about my \u2018connection\u2019 to the \u2018Epstein\u2019 file are completely false. As President of the Republic of Kosovo, I have never had any acquaintance, meeting, or any form of contact with the individual in question,\u201d Jahjaga stated.<\/p>\n<p>She emphasized that the mention of her name in some media outlets is related only to an electronic correspondence between third parties, which, according to her, does not prove or demonstrate any meeting, acquaintance, or personal connection. \u201cMy name is not mentioned anywhere in any of the published documents. In the email in question, the \u2018President of Kosovo\u2019 is mentioned without specifying who it refers to and without any request for a meeting in my name,\u201d the former president clarified.<\/p>\n<p>Jahjaga described any other interpretation of this correspondence as insinuation and called on all media outlets that have mentioned her name in this context to publish her clarification. \u201cI have not known, met, or requested a meeting with the individual in question in any position I have held,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President of the Republic of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, has publicly responded to media reports linking her name to the \u201cEpstein\u201d file, recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice. 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