World & Nation
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has resigned in order to face charges for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity stemming from the late 1990s.
Nov. 5, 2020
Leader Hashim Thaci vows to proclaim independence from Serbia ‘immediately’ if mediation efforts fail.
Nov. 18, 2007
Lawmakers in Kosovo’s new parliament failed to elect a president after rival parties boycotted a first round of voting.
Dec. 14, 2001
Ethnic Albanian leader Hashim Thaci promised Monday to do what he could to stop Serb-Albanian violence in southern Serbia, insisting that the unrest does nothing but harm Kosovo’s chances for independence.
March 21, 2000
Serbia has asked U.N. officials in Kosovo to arrest and extradite three former Kosovo Albanian rebel leaders to face trial for crimes allegedly committed during the 1998-99 war in the province.
Aug. 25, 2002
A former rebel leader was elected Kosovo’s prime minister, and he vowed that the province is only weeks away from independence from Serbia.
Jan. 10, 2008
NATO’s top commander in Kosovo has bluntly rejected any possibility of coming to the rescue of ethnic Albanians under pressure from Serbian forces along the province’s border in southern Serbia.
March 11, 2000
Kosovo’s former president pleads not guilty to war crimes. But many of his countrymen revere him and three other defendants as freedom fighters.
April 3, 2023
An international prosecutor has indicted Kosovo’s president and nine other former rebels on war crimes charges stemming from a 1998-99 armed conflict between the ethnic Albanian separatists and Serbia.
June 24, 2020
Kosovo’s government took control as the newly independent nation’s constitution went into force after nine years of U.N. administration.
June 16, 2008