SRSG Visits Orahovac/Rahovec and Velica Hoca
UNMIK/PR/139 Pristina – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, today visited Orahovac/Rahovec and Velica Hoca where he met with local Serb and Albanian leaders to discuss their concerns. He was…
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Statement by Principle Deputy SRSG Jock Covey following the Meeting of the Interim Administrative Council
UNMIK/PR/149 Pristina -- We have achieved a great deal in the last six weeks. Of course a lot remains to be done, including working out the fine points of the regulations that will govern the work of the interim units of the…
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Two People Killed in Attack on Bus
UNMIK/PR/150 Pristina -- UNMIK strongly condemned the killing of two people and the wounding of another three when the UNHCR weekly shuttle was hit by an anti-tank rocket today. The shuttle, carrying 49 passengers, was…
Head of United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo Meets with Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Italy and United Kingdom, Appeals for urgent international support for “unprecedented” UN Mission
UNMIK/PR/3 Pristina - Sergio Vieira de Mello, head of the United Nations Interim Administration mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and Special Representative of the Secretary-General a.i. met today at the newly-established UNMIK…
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Kosovo B Restarted
UNMIK/PR/138 PRISTINA--One unit of Kosovo's major power plant, which has been out of operation and under repair for two weeks, was restarted today and is providing Kosovo with 220 megawatts for a total of 430 megawatts of…
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SRSG announces Conference on Cigarette Smuggling
UNMIK/PR/727 SRSG Michael Steiner announced today a regional conference to discuss ways to combat cigarette smuggling that will be held in Pristina on Friday, 10 May. Ministers of finance and customs directors from Albania…
UNMIK's comments on HRAP Press release in the joint cases of Milogorić and others
UNMIK/PR/1747 PRISTINA – “UNMIK, in light of the recommendation of the Panel, intends to follow up on the letter of the UNMIK Department of Justice of September 2008 to the Courts in Kosovo and to request the European Union…
SRSG message on the holiday of Kurban Bajram
UNMIK/PR/1744 PRISTINA – SRSG Lamberto Zannier today issued the following message on the occasion of the holiday of Kurban Bajram: “On behalf of everyone in UNMIK I would like to offer my warmest congratulations on the…
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SRSG Zannier meets Albanian Government
UNMIK/PR/1743 In the course of a visit to Tirana, SRSG Lamberto Zannier had meetings with Prime Minister Sali Berisha and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ilir Meta, and the diplomatic corps. Mr. Zannier described…
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Brayshaw attends first PSG Cabinet Meeting
UNMIK/PR/704 Pristina--Kosovo Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi today opened the first official meeting of his cabinet, laying out the priorities for the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government. PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw was…
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SRSG Michael greets released political prisoners
UNMIK/PR/710 Pristina – SRSG Michael Steiner today welcomed the release of 80 Kosovo Albanian political prisoners who had been held for the last three years in Serbian prisons. SRSG Michael Steiner, who went to Dubrava Prison…
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UNMIK Takes First Step in Creating New Judiciary for Kosovo
UNMIK/PR/4 PRISTINA - Today Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, swore in a panel of seven legal experts to advise him on the appointment of new judges for Kosovo. Five members of…