Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/432 Pristina-- SRSG Bernard Kouchner yesterday announced the establishment of a Joint Committee on Returns for the Ahkaljia/Roma community. The Committee, which will begin work early next year, will be similar to the one that has been established with the Serb community. It will identify…

UNMIK/PR/431 On 25 November, in several countries, men and boys wear white ribbons as a symbol of their opposition to violence against women and their support for its eradication. In Kosovo, women's groups have organized activities for this day and during the week, which are designed to raise…

UNMIK/PR/430 PRISTINA---The JIAS Department of Civil Security and Emergency Preparedness has invited applications from members of non-Albanian minority communities for appointment to the Kosovo Protection Corps. The eligible candidates should have a secondary school diploma, should be able to speak…

UNMIK/PR/429 PRISTINA – PDSRSG, Jock Covey, has expressed his outrage at the murder of a senior politician in central Pristina Thursday. Xhemajl Mustafa, advisor to the LDK leader Ibrahim Rugova, was shot outside his apartment. His wife, who was with him, collapsed and was taken to hospital. “This…

UNMIK/PR/428 PRISTINA – SRSG today established a Council of Ministers, as a vital player in Kosovo’s interim administration. The Council of Ministers will be comprised of the Kosovo and international co-heads of the 20 departments which make up the Joint Interim Administrative Structure (JIAS). It…

UNMIK/PR/427 UNMIK today opens a Vehicle Registration Center for the population of the Pristina region in Gracanica. This includes a Vehicle Registration Program office behind the Municipal building in Gracanica and a Vehicle Inspection garage in Lapje Selo. All residents of Kosovo in possession of…

UNMIK/PR/426 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner today told members of the Kosovo Transitional Council that he was absolutely outraged by the attack on the house of an official of the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) in Pristina, in which oner person was killed and several injured…

UNMIK/PR/424 SRSG Bernard Kouchner released the following statement this morning, and he will hold a press briefing along with KFOR commanders Gen. Cabigiosu and Brig. Fry at 11:30 a.m. today, regarding this morning's bomb attack. "I am completely outraged by the contemptible attack which took place…

UNMIK/PR/423 SRSG Bernard Kouchner released the following statement this morning, and he will hold a press briefing along with KFOR commanders Gen. Cabigiosu and Brig. Fry at 11:30 a.m. today, regarding this morning's bomb attack. "I am completely outraged by the contemptible attack which took place…

UNMIK/PR/422 PRISTINA---Briefing IAC on his trip to New York, SRSG Bernard Kouchner today told the members that there is now “democratic competition” between Belgrade and Pristina and it was upto the leaders of Kosovo to compete in terms of public opinion. “The future is in your hands. This should…