PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Hashim Thaci, the former president of Kosovo who is facing war crime charges, was briefly released from a European Union-backed court on Thursday to visit his ill father.

As discussions continue about what a peacekeeping force might look like in Ukraine, Kosovo’s 25 years of experience with international peacekeepers could provide some valuable insights.

The EU announced plans to send peacekeepers to Bosnia after the nation's top court suspended laws adopted by its ethnic Serb ...