Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/267 Kosovo businesses have only a few days to register with UNMIK before facing fines of up to 500 DM and possible closure. Registration of businesses has been ongoing since March. However, the deadline for completed applications is fast approaching. While the final deadline is 30 June…

UNMIK/PR/266 PRISTINA--- The Kosovo Transitional Council today issued the following statement: “The KTC fully supports the statement issued yesterday by the IAC condemning the recent upsurge in inter-ethnic violence, particularly the series of criminal acts that took place over the last weeks…

UNMIK/PR/265 Following its meeting today, the Interim Administrative Council issued the following statement: "The IAC is deeply concerned by the recent upsurge in inter-ethnic violence in Kosovo, particularly of criminal acts targeting members of the Serb community. "The IAC condemns in the…

UNMIK/PR/264 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner expressed his regret over today’s announcement by the Serb National Council that they will be absent from next week’s meetings of the Interim Administrative Council and Kosovo Transitional Council. However, he said, “we understand the decision as a…

UNMIK/PR/263 PRISTINA---The European Parliamentary delegation today attended an extraordinary session of the Kosovo Transitional Council, where it had a free exchange of views on a wide range of issues with KTC members on the situation in Kosovo and ways to improve it. They told Kosovar leaders that…

UNMIK/PR/261 UNMIK Dubrava Prison at Istok will receive its first sentenced prisoners tomorrow, 1 June, after partial refurbishment. Dubrava will receive prisoners from all over Kosovo, and all persons sentenced to more than three months imprisonment will serve their time there. The prison will have…

UNMIK/PR/262 UNMIK today restored international mail service to and from Kosovo, following authorization from the Universal Postal Union granting the UNMIK postal service permission to exchange mail with all postal administrations. SRSG Bernard Kouchner marked the occasion by sending a letter to…

UNMIK/PR/259 The Interim Administrative Council devoted its entire session today to a lengthy discussion of the murders which took place Sunday night in the village of Cernica. All members agreed to strongly condemn the killings and to issue the following statement, which SRSG Bernard Kouchner read…

UNMIK/PR/257 Last night I was revolted by the news that three Serb males, including a four year old child, Miki Petrovic--as well as Vojin Vasic and Tihomir Simonovic-- were murdered in cold blood during a drive-by shooting in Cernica, a village south of Gnjilane, at around 8:30 p.m. - Two other…

UNMIK/PR/254 On 23 May, Mr. Ramush Haradinaj, chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, was stopped as all other cars at a KFOR checkpoint near Malisevo in a routine operation during which Mr. Haradinaj was regrettably injured. The incident is being followed up to determine that all KFOR…