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Prva TV: Court first wanted to extradite Haradinaj (B92, TV Prva)

B92 reports, based upon information of Prva TV, that former KLA leader Ramush Haradinaj was acquitted on the basis of revised decision, by which he was supposed to be extradited to Serbia.

As it was learned, the decision was justified by the fact that the consequences could be very difficult for Haradinaj, reported B92.

The news of the original decision and the revision this morning has appeared on the website Euronews but then it was withdrawn.

Ivanović: Threats of war gave the result (KIM radio)

Leader of the CI SDP Oliver Ivanović says that there is no doubt that the decision of the court in Colmar is political.

He told RTV KiM that from the beginning of the process he did not believe that Haradinaj's case will be solved by legal means.

"To me it seems that those deciding in the Court of Colmar cared more about what are the potential safety consequences. It is obvious that the threat with war gave the result," said Ivanović to RTV KIM.

 

Serbian government announced an emergency session on the occasion of the release of Haradinaj (Danas)

The Serbian government will hold a special, extraordinary session at 11am over the decision of a French court to acquit Ramush Haradinaj, suspected by Serbia of war crimes. As announced, there will be no statement but after the government session, the press release will be published, reported Danas.

 

 

French court decides against extraditing Haradinaj to Serbia (B92)

A court in Colmar, France, on Thursday decided to reject Serbia's request to extradite Ramush Haradinaj on war crimes charges.

The Kosovo Albanian politician and former KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army") leader will be released.

A statement issued by the court added that the French public prosecutor has the right to, within five days, lodge an before the Supreme Court of Cassation of France.

Haradinaj cannot be extradited to Albania (RTS, KIM radio)

The fact that Ramush Haradinaj has received citizenship of Albania is not essential to the process in Colmar, said Ministry of Justice to RTS, explaining that Haradinaj cannot be sent to Albania only because he acquired the citizenship of that country, because it is not a basis for seeking his extradition.

The Court of Appeal in Colmar after two delays will announce tomorrow the decision on Serbia's request for the extradition of Ramush Haradinaj.

Four years after the Brussels Agreement, ZSO not in sight (RTS)

It's been four years since the signing of the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina on the normalization of relations. As the biggest success was seen the agreement on formation of the Community/Association of Serb municipalities (ZSO), that still does not exist.

Miscevic: Europe is preoccupied with its own issues, but must be present in the Balkans (InSerbia, N1)

There is no word from Brussels how the suspension of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue following Ramus Haradinaj’s “arrest” might have on Serbia’s EU integration.

Serbia’s chief negotiator with the EU, Tanja Miscevic, said this on Monday.

Pristina won't continue dialogue "until Haradinaj returns" (B92)

Kosovo Minister for Dialogue Edita Tahiri says that Belgrade-Pristina negotiations in Brussels could continue "only when Ramush Haradinaj returns to Kosovo."

The ethnic Albanian politician and a former KLA leader, wanted in Serbia on war crimes charges, is currently in France, unable to leave that country pending a decision on Serbia's extradition request.

Details of statement by one of Haradinaj witnesses who died (B92)

After Daut Haradinaj threatened Serbs with ethnic cleansing if his brother Ramush was extradited to Serbia, Blic published the testimony of Kujtim Berisha.

Berisha, who was a refugee from Kosovo and a witness in the Hague Tribunal's war crimes case against Ramush Haradinaj, made his statement to investigators in Podgorica, Montenegro, on May 11, 2004.

Zafir also says there will no peace if Ramush is extradited to Serbia (Indeksonline)

Daut Haradinaj’s threat with war if Ramush Haradinaj is extradited to Belgrade, has induced many reactions in Kosovo and wider. Another Kosovo Assembly MP from the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), Zafir Berisha, also considers that treatment of the former KLA general is unfair.

“Daut’s reaction was natural, because his brother is concerned. I do not consider his statement to be so tragic. However, it is natural that not everything will be in order as it is right now if Ramush is extradited to Serbia,” he said.