Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/253 The Interim Administrative Council today discussed the status of the administrative Departments of Sport and Environmental Protection. Regarding the environment, IAC members raised questions on the prevalence and…

UNMIK/PR/252 The Interim Administrative Council, following its meeting today, issued the following statement: Over the past few years, and especially since 1998, large numbers of Kosovars have found refuge in many European…

UNMIK/PR/250 The co-heads of the Department of Public Services briefed the Kosovo Transitional Council today on the public sector in Kosovo, which employs some 46,700 civil servants and manages public services implemented…

UNMIK/PR/248 The Interim Administrative Council today discussed yesterday's sentencing of 143 Kosovo Albanians to prison terms amounting to a total of 1,632 years by the Nis court in Serbia. The IAC members and SRSG Bernard…

UNMIK/PR/249 While several dozen war veterans and invalids demonstrated outside the UNMIK Government building today, SRSG Bernard Kouchner met with their representatives to plan ways to improve their access to medical care…

UNMIK/PR/246 The Department of Health and Social Welfare has announced that the new programme to provide social assistance to the most vulnerable families in Kosovo will be launched in June. The scheme will be administered by…

UNMIK/PR/245 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan sent a message yesterday to family and colleagues of slain UNMIK staff member Petar Topojlksi. The statement was read by UNMIK SRSG Bernard Kouchner following his own…

UNMIK/PR/244 PRISTINA---The JIAS Administrative Department of Public Services has announced the names of candidates to appear for a test for recruitment as professional officers. These candidates will take a written test in…

UNMIK/PR/242 PRISTINA---UNMIK has sought to create an unbiased, independent and multi-ethnic judicial system. This has been a challenging task. It was faced with a judiciary that was 10 years out of practice because it had…