Live update

The Court of Appeals Panel today, 1 April, scheduled an appeal hearing in the Pjetër Shala case for Thursday and Friday, 15 and 16 May 2025. The Panel also specified the schedule for both hearings, so the court will convene, subject to adjustments as appropriate, from 13:30 until 17:10 on 15 May and from 10:00 until 11:35 on 16 May. More details are available in the scheduling order.

On 28 March 2025, the Court of Appeals Panel dismissed the motion by P. Shala for additional evidence. In particular, the Defence requested to call Sokol Dobruna as its witness and to have the transcripts and notes related to his testimonies in other cases and interviews admitted as additional evidence pursuant to Rule 181 of the Rules.

The Panel evaluated the proposed evidence and deemed it sufficiently credible but it found that it was available at trial or discoverable through the exercise of due diligence. Additionally, the Panel assessed the impact of this evidence and concluded that it would not have affected the trial judgment had it been admitted at trial. Consequently, the Panel denied the Defence’s motion.

 More details are available in the decision.

This morning, the Panel announced that the Prosecution's witness W04747 was supposed to provide testimony today. However, since he was unable to appear, the SPO sought to have the witness's written statement entered into evidence in accordance with Rule 155 of the Rules. Subsequently, the proceedings moved into a private session before resuming with specific oral orders related to the evidence, after which the hearing was concluded for the day.

The rest of the hearings this week are cancelled and the trial is adjourned till further notice.

The Prosecution’s 125^th witness W04419 completed the testimony this afternoon, after which the trial adjourned for today and for the week. The trial will resume on Tuesday, 1 April, at 09:00.

Here is the transcript of today's KSC Weekly Press Briefing.

Please be informed that the lunch break today will last until 14:00 and not 14:30 as usual.

As we announced earlier, the Defence of P. Shala was granted extension to file its appeal brief against the Reparation Order, issued on 29 November last year. The public redacted version of the Defence’s appeal brief is now available in our Public Court Records.

This morning, the SPO called its 125^th witness in court. This is a protected witness W04419, whose testimony is conducted via video link and is expected to take place entirely in closed session.

Another KSC weekly press briefing will take place on Thursday, 27 March, at 14:30. During this briefing, the KSC Spokespersons will provide a short update on the latest developments in the judicial proceedings before the KSC, as well as on other public activities of the Court. Journalists will have the opportunity to ask questions. Pre-registration is required to attend each briefing. To pre-register, please send an email with name and affiliation to [email protected]. Deadline for pre-registration is every Thursday at 12:00. The Zoom details will be shared following pre-registration. Recordings of the update provided during the Weekly Press Briefings will be made available on the KSC YouTube Channel.

The Prosecution’s 124^th witness Naim Maloku resumes his testimony this morning. After the SPO and the Thaçi Defence, the Counsel for Kadri Veseli is now putting questions to the witness.