Kosovo Liberation Army

After the brief detention of former PM Ramush Haradinaj, media reports suggest that old Serbian war crimes warrants still exist for some 40 more Kosovo Liberation Army ex-fighters.

Wartime guerrilla commander turned political leader Ramush Haradinaj, who was detained in Slovenia on a Serbian war crimes arrest warrant, is expected to return to Kosovo after being freed.

The Slovenian justice ministry decided on Thursday that wartime Kosovo Liberation Army commander and former prime minister Haradinaj will not be extradited to Serbia, no matter what a Slovenian court decides to do about the arrest warrant accusing him of war crimes during the 1998-99 conflict.

A Court in Kranj, Slovenia, has decided that Ramush Haradinaj must remain in that country as the court must "process his appeal."

This will be done "before proceeding to consider the extradition request of Serbia," it has been announced.

Haradinaj arrested, released, kept in Slovenia

Leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj was arrested in Slovenia on Wednesday on a Serbian warrant.

The Kosovo parliament passed a resolution on Thursday asking for the return of wartime Kosovo Liberation Army commander turned political party leader Haradinaj, who was detained at Slovenia's Brnik Airport on a warrant issued by Serbia and Montenegro in 2004.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has commented on the arrest of Ramush Haradinaj in Slovenia on Wednesday to say that "some strange things are happening."

Leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj will be brought before a Slovenian court at 18:00 hours CET on Wednesday.

The Pristina-based website koha.net is reporting that the former KLA commander was arrested earlier in the day on a 2004 Serbian warrant.

Haradinaj was detained on Wednesday at Ljubljana airport over Serbian allegations that he committed crimes while he was a guerrilla commander with the Kosovo Liberation Army during wartime.

Kosovo Liberation Army veterans will protest against the creation of a new EU-backed court that will try ex-fighters suspected of war crimes allegedly committed during and after the 1998-99 conflict.