US President Joe Biden has described him as, “the George Washington of Kosovo.” But this week, Hashim Thaci, the former president of Kosovo, went on trial at The Hague, accused of war crimes. Thaci pleaded not guilty to all the charges. Back home in Kosovo, his supporters have rallied for street marches in his honor. The World’s Europe Correspondent Orla Barry has our story.
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