# Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi sentenced to 25 years for 1990s war crimes

https://mins.news/en/item/61010

- CBC News, 2026-09-16 11:55 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hague-sentence-former-kosovo-president-thaci-9.7345862?cmp=rss

> An EU-backed court convicted former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi on Wednesday of four war-crimes counts tied to Kosovo’s fight for independence from Serbia in the 1990s. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

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