Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/337 The Interim Administrative Council today endorsed a draft regulation establishing the Department of Trade and Industry. They were briefed by Mr. Pajazit Nushi of the Council for Human Rights and Freedoms on preparations for the 9 September "Day Against Violence," which will be organized…

UNMIK/PR/336 PRISTINA—The OSCE-run Kosovo Judicial Institute (KJI), in cooperation with the JIAS Department of Judicial Affairs, is hosting an important two-day seminar focussing on international humanitarian law. Legal experts from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY…

UNMIK/PR/333 ISTOG/ISTOK-Continuing his outreach campaign around the Kosovo countryside, Bernard Kouchner, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, told a crowd of some 1,000 residents in Istog/Istok that the Kosovo-wide municipal elections scheduled for 28 October was the 'most…

UNMIK/PR/332 The Interim Administrative Council today agreed to support events around Kosovo which are being planned as part of the "Day Against Violence," proposed by local leaders as a follow up to the Airlie House meeting last month in Washington. The IAC also agreed to visit to Peja/Pec on…

UNMIK/PR/330 PRISTINA— The SRSG Bernard Kouchner and German Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, have called for action from Kosovo’s Albanian politicians to end violence against the province’s Serbian communities. “We want real involvement because we have had condemnation several times before,” said…

UNMIK/PR/327 PRISTINA— UNMIK Police are questioning a Kosovo Albanian man whose car hit five Serbian children in Skulanovo village near Lipjan, Sunday afternoon. Four of the children died; the fifth is seriously injured and is being treated at the Russian KFOR hospital in Kosovo Polje. “This is a…

UNMIK/PR/328 PRISTINA— UNMIK Police are questioning a Kosovo Albanian man whose car hit a group of Serbian children in Skulanovo village near Lipjan, Sunday afternoon. Despite early reports which said that four of the children had died, only one of the group of youngsters was killed. Three others…

UNMIK/PR/326 PRISTINA—The Department of Youth is organizing a Youth Week from 1-7 October. The event, which from this year onwards is to be held each year, is aimed to inspire the active engagement of youth in shaping their society. This year’s theme will be Tolerance, No Violence. A range of…

UNMIK/PR/325 PRISTINA—SRSG Bernard Kouchner has signed Regulation No. 2000/49 establishing the Administrative Department of Public Utilities. The department shall be responsible for the management and regulation of all issues relating to public utilities in Kosovo. These include natural gas supply…

UNMIK/PR/324 PRISTINA--SRSG Bernard Kouchner has signed a regulation establishing the administrative Department of Youth. The department will be responsible for the overall management of all matters concerning youth in Kosovo. With more than half of the population in Kosovo below the age of 25…