- Press Releases
Ten Spanish Buses Donated to Kosovo
UNMIK/PR/517 PRISTINA--- UNMIK’s Department of Transport and Infrastructure has received a donation of 10 inter-urban and urban buses from the City of Barcelona. The buses will help to build up Kosovo’s fleet of buses which…
- Press Releases
Kosovo Group to begin work on Legal Framework
UNMIK/PR/516 PRISTINA---SRSG Hans Haekkerup today launched the first meeting of the Working Group on the interim Legal Framework which will define provisional self-government for Kosovo, as foreseen in UN SCR 1244(1999). Once…
- Press Releases
SRSG Hans Haekkerup addresses North Atlantic Council
UNMIK/PR/515 PRISTINA---SRSG Hans Haekkerup addressed the North Atlantic Council in Brussels today on progress made in Kosovo. NATO Secretary-General Lord George Roberston welcomed back Mr. Haekkerup, who had been a member of…
- Press Releases
KTC Briefed on Health
UNMIK/PR/514 PRISTINA--- The members of the Kosovo Transitional Council today agreed to issue a statement on Albanians held in prisons in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: “KTC welcomes the announcement by the FRY…
- Press Releases
UNMIK Prepares Labour Regulation
UNMIK/PR/513 UNMIK is in the process of issuing legislative proposals in order to overcome the lack of a relevant or applicable labour law in Kosovo. UNMIK will soon issue a Regulation on the Fundamental Principles and Rights…
- Press Releases
Matthews Welcomes Haradinaj to IAC; Health Care Discussed
UNMIK/PR/512 PRISTINA---PDSRSG Gary Matthews, leading the Interim Administrative Council today in the absence of SRSG Hans Haekkerup, welcomed the arrival of Mr. Ramush Haradinaj, whom the SRSG appointed to fill the fourth…
- Press Releases
UNMIK Welcomes FRY Amnesty
UNMIK/PR/511 PDSRSG Gary Matthews today welcomed the Amnesty Law approved by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Parliament which would mean the release of more than 100 Kosovo Albanians detained in Serbian prisons. “Finally…
- Press Releases
Severe Punishments for Weapons Possession
UNMIK/PR/509 PRISTINA--- A new weapons regulation has been introduced to take out of circulation the huge quantity of weaponry left in Kosovo since the conflict almost two years ago. Violators of the new regulation may be…
- Press Releases
Transfer of Authority from the Regions to the Municipalities
UNMIK/PR/508 PRISTINA--- The Council of JIAS Co-heads were today briefed on the proposed handing over of power from the regional structures to the municipalities in Kosovo. The DSRSG, Mr. Tom Koenigs, said it was a goal to…
- Press Releases
On-going Registration, ID Cards and Travel Documents Data
UNMIK/PR/507 PRISTINA---UNMIK began distributing ID cards in mid-December. A few weeks earlier it had restarted the on-going registration all over Kosovo. The latest from that is: Total cards for distribution: 35,000 (since…
- Press Releases
ID Cards
UNMIK/PR/506 The names of the municipalities, the registration centres whose cards are ready and the Post Offices from where they will be issued: Reg. Centre No. Municipality Region Reg. Center PTK Office 1 1901e Prishtinë/…
- Press Releases
Second Phase of ID Card Distribution Begins
UNMIK/PR/505 PRISTINA---UNMIK is starting the 2nd phase of the ID card distribution in Kosovo from today. The 2nd phase is much larger than the first phase that began in mid-December last year. In this phase 400,000 ID cards…