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UNMIK Begins Registration of Insurance Companies for Upcoming Temporary Vehicle Registration
UNMIK/PR/99 PRISTINA – UNMIK Civil Administration has started registering insurance companies to provide car insurance to drivers in Kosovo. UNMIK will begin temporary vehicle registration starting 30 November. Drivers will be required to provide proof that their vehicles are insured before they can…
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UNMIK Police Arrest Three in Customs Attack Case
UNMIK/PR/96 PRISTINA – As a result of a joint forces operation with KFOR and the UNMIK Special Response Team, UNMIK Border Police have arrested three local ethnic Albanian males this morning in Pristina without incident. The suspects were arrested in connection with an attack on two UNMIK Customs…
NGO Registration to Begin in Kosovo 29 November
UNMIK/PR/95 PRISTINA – Bernard Kouchner, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, has signed a regulation on the registration and operation of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Kosovo. UNMIK’s office of Civil Documents/NGO Liaison Unit will begin registering NGOs in Pristina…
UNMIK Holds Memorial Service for Air Crash Victims
UNMIK/PR/93 Pristina-- A memorial service will be held tomorrow in UNMIK headquarters in Pristina and all five regions of Kosovo for the 21 passengers and three crew members who lost their lives in the tragic WFP aircraft crash of 12 November. This will be a private ceremony for UNMIK staff. The…
SRSG Signs Regulation on the Appointment of Lay-Judges
UNMIK/PR/94 PRISTINA – Bernard Kouchner, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, has signed a regulation on the appointment and removal from office of lay judges in order to establish an independent, impartial and multi-ethnic judiciary in Kosovo. The Advisory Judicial Commission will…
SRSG Signs Regulation on the Prohibition of Casino-Type Gambling in Kosovo
UNMIK/PR/91 PRISTINA – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, has signed a regulation prohibiting the establishment and operation of casinos in Kosovo. The regulation, which went into force 16 November, will allow enforcement authorities to close casinos and to seize…
SRSG Signs Regulations Establishing Banking and Payments Authority of Kosovo and the Bank Supervisory and Regulatory Department
UNMIK/PR/90 PRISTINA – Bernard Kouchner, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General has signed regulations which provide for an efficient payment and a sound banking system to strengthen the economy in Kosovo. The Banking and Payments Authority of Kosovo (BPK) will help restart the payments…
Housing and Property Directorate and Claims Commission Established
UNMIK/PR/92 PRISTINA—The Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bernard Kouchner, has signed a regulation (number 1999/23) establishing a Housing and Property Directorate and Housing and Property Claims Commission. This is the first step in the process of resolving the complex issue of…
Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC) notes decrease in violence
UNMIK/PR/89 PRSTINA—KFOR and UNMIK Police officials, addressing the regular meeting of the Kosovo Transitional Council, reported a decrease in the levels of violence and crime across Kosovo during the past week. UN Special Representative for the Secretary General Bernard Kouchner told the KTC—the…
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UN World Food Programme plane bound for Pristina disappears
UNMIK/PR/86 PRISTINA – A United Nations World Food Programme plane flying from Rome with 21 passengers and three crew members on board disappeared this morning shortly before it was due to land in Pristina, Kosovo, at 11:30 a.m. The last contact with the pilot was at 11:15 a.m. At 12:13 p.m. the…