Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/358 PRISTINA--SRSG Bernard Kouchner today briefed the members of the Interim Administrative Council on the weapons and bomb making material seized following search operations in Gracanica by MNB (C) last night. The IAC had a discussion about illegal construction activity in Kosovo and it…

UNMIK/PR/357 PRISTINA--- The Interim Administrative Council today issued a statement on illegal construction activities. The statement is as follows: “The Interim Administrative Council discussed the issue of illegal construction activities.” “All IAC members strongly agreed that all illegal…

UNMIK/PR/356 The following press release was issued in Prizren: Mr Rudolph Hoffmann, Regional Administrator ad interim, states that the 51 countries he referred to in the 13 September Press Conference are those countries which have received the UNMIK Travel Document for consideration and approval…

UNMIK/PR/355 PRISTINA— New measures to tighten security at the Mitrovica Detention Centre are being put in place, following the escape of 13 detainees earlier this month. Extra guards are in place inside and outside the centre, there’s increased surveillance within the prison, with checks every…

UNMIK/PR/353 Members of the Interim Administrative Council today met with some 20 editors and directors of Kosovo media to discuss violence in Kosovo. Media representatives presented their 15-point petition of 13 September called "Kosovo Media Against Violence," which had been published and…

UNMIK/PR/354 PRISTINA---Members of the Interim Administrative Council today met some 20 editors and directors of Kosova media to discuss violence in Kosovo. Media representatives presented their 15-point petition of 13 September called “Kosovo Media Against Violence”, which had been published and…

UNMIK/PR/350 SRSG Bernard Kouchner, in collaboration with the departments of Education and Science and Youth, will launch tomorrow (15 September) a Kosovo-wide school competition on tolerance and reconciliation called "Living Together In Kosovo, In Europe." A ceremony involving 300 students and…

UNMIK/PR/352 SRSG Bernard Kouchner today announced new measures undertaken at the Mitrovica Detention Center and in the UNMIK Regional Police Headquarters following the escape of 13 detainees on 2 September. Immediately following the break-out, Dr. Kouchner had ordered an internal investigation into…

UNMIK/PR/351 Pristina--SRSG Bernard Kouchner, pursuing his tour of Kosovo yesterday with a town Hall meeting in Obilic, said the most important event facing the people of Kosovo in the near future was the local elections planned by UNMIK on 28 October. He told the crowd in the local cultural centre…

UNMIK/PR/349 PRISTINA—Talking to a crowd of more than 1,000 mainly young people in Skenderaj yesterday at his fifth Town Hall Meeting, Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General said the international community needs to see tolerance and democracy in order to invest in Kosovo…