Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/631 Pristina – The Department of Health and Public Services and the Kosovo Drug Regulatory Authority announce the closing of 55 illegal pharmacies in the Pristina and Gjilane regions. According to Regulation 2000/52 of September2, 2000 signed by Bernard Kouchner, pharmacies operating in…

UNMIK/PR/630 PRISTINA –A large number of members of the Kosovo Transitional Council, which met today after a three week recess, supported SRSG Hans Haekkerup’s initiative of holding talks with the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebosja Covic, to resolve problems of Kosovo and seek his support to get…

UNMIK/PR/629 PRISTINA - SRSG Hans Haekkerup today vehemently condemned the ghastly and horrific killing of five members of a Kosovo Albanian family last night near Gllogavc/Glogovac. “The cold-blooded killing of members of the Hajra family is shocking, monstrous and incomprehensible”, Mr. Haekkerup…

UNMIK/PR/628 After a three-week summer break, the Interim Administrative Council resumed meeting today, with a briefing from SRSG Hans Haekkerup on his recent meeting with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic and an update on preparations for the 17 November elections. KFOR also described the…

UNMIK/PR/626 PRISTINA - Today in Mitrovica, Jean-Christian Cady, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General heading Pillar One, Police and Justice, met with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic at the Mitrovica Detention Center to discuss the Kosovo judicial system and the…

UNMIK/PR/625 PRISTINA - Today, at Gate 3, SRSG Hans Haekkerup and COMKFOR Lieutenant General Thorstein Skiaker met with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic, where they had a constructive and lengthy conversation on a range of issues pertaining to the implementation of UNSCR 1244 (1999). SRSG…

UNMIK/PR/624 PRISTINA – UNMIK Police Missing Person’s Unit confirmed today that after searching Radonijicko Lake near Djakovica, no evidence was found indicating the presence of a refrigerated truck or bodies at the bottom of the lake. The Radonjicko Lake was investigated by a fully-equipped KFOR…

UNMIK/PR/623 PRISTINA – Dr. Pleurat Sejdiu, Co-Head of the Department of Health and Social Welfare (DHSW) and acting Chief Executive of the Pristina University Hospital today announced the complete overhaul of the PUH’s operations and management. Dr. Sejdiu was appointed temporary Chief Executive of…

UNMIK/PR/622 PRISTINA - The JIAS Department of Transport and Infrastructure (DoTI) has announced the appointments of a new Kosovo General Manager and Deputy General Manger for the railways. Mr. Gani Lahu will assume the position of General Manager on 1 September, 2001 for an initial period of one…

UNMIK/PR/621 Pristina - PDSRSG Gary Matthews strongly condemns the attack which happened this morning 2 km north of Podujevo, in which a group of Serbs travelling in a convoy to Serbia were ambushed. Three people were injured. This is the second attack in the last 24 hours. “This violent and…