Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/582 PRISTINA – Today’s meeting of the Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC) was filled with a lively exchange of ideas and opinions on the Constitutional Framework. Chaired by PDSRSG Gary Matthews, the meeting gave members of Kosovo’s communities a chance to express their opinions, agreements…

UNMIK/PR/581 PRISTINA – Following this morning’s meeting with the Interim Administrative Council, SRSG Hans Haekkerup signed the Constitutional Framework on Interim Self-government. Mr. Haekkerup had announced yesterday that general elections for the Assembly defined in the Constitutional Framework…

UNMIK/PR/580 Pristina -- Kosovo-wide elections will take place on 17 November 2001, Mr. Hans Haekkerup, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo announced this evening. Mr. Haekkerup made the announcement during a television and radio address, which aired across Kosovo and over…

UNMIK/PR/578 PRISTINA – On 30 April 2001, UNMIK issued Administrative Direction 2001/03 which suspends the audit requirement for local and international NGOs in Kosovo with Public Benefit Status. UNMIK requires international NGOs with income or expenditures greater than DM 250,000 and local NGOs…

UNMIK/PR/577 PRISTINA – UNMIK wishes to correct the false description in the Belgrade press of the tax collection points on the administrative boundary with Serbia as customs points. UNMIK wishes to reiterate that UNMIK officials and officials of the FRY and Serbia met in Belgrade last Thursday and…

UNMIK/PR/576 PRISTINA - SRSG Hans Haekkerup today refuted reports published in the Belgrade media that the Legal Framework document had been completed and that all demands of the Kosovo Albanians had been accepted, while those of the Kosovo Serbs rejected. Speaking to journalists today, Mr…

UNMIK/PR/575 PRISTINA – The Interim Administration Council (IAC) met today in an extraordinary session to discuss the Legal Framework for Provisional Self-Government. It was a frank and workmanlike discussion with all involved showing a willingness to address the remaining problems in a constructive…

UNMIK/PR/574 PRISTINA – The Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. Hans Haekkerup today issued the following statement: “I condemn the despicable ambush and killing of security forces of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), which took place at Vejce, near Tetovo, on…

UNMIK/PR/573 PRISTINA – The UNMIK Business Registration Unit issued licenses to seven companies today to operate as security service providers in Kosovo. The companies who are authorised to operate armed security service in accordance with the provisions of UNMIK Regulation 2000/33 on Licensing of…

UNMIK/PR/572 PRISTINA – The Kosovo Transitional Council spent nearly four hours today in freewheeling discussions on the final draft of the Legal Framework for Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Kosovo. The draft legal document had attachments from the Serb community, the Turkish…