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Following the contradictory statements made by a witness about former President Thaçi, the Kosovo trials are caught between two duties: witness protection and a public trial.

Decision to hear the first witness in the trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and his three co-defendant in closed session raises concerns about transparency, experts say.

Defence lawyers for ex-President Hashim Thaci and his three co-defendants argued that they did not have control over Kosovo Liberation Army guerrillas who allegedly committed crimes against prisoners during the war.

The elections in Bosnia are famously complicated, and last-minute changes to election laws made by the High Representative Christian Schmidt, did not make matters any simpler — and divided analysts, activists and the international community.

With the Empire’s attention focused almost entirely on Ukraine, it’s easy to miss the "rules-based world order" beginning to crumble elsewhere. - Nebojsa Malic for Antiwar.com Original