News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMIK/PR/377 UNMIK has set up an emergency task force to restore power to the community of Zvecan in northern Mitrovica following a fire Saturday night which destroyed electrical transformers in the Zvecan lead smelter complex. The task force is led by acting UNMIK Regional Administrator Jim Fitt…

UNMIK/PR/376 Early this morning, UNMIK officials ordered an illegal house in the Dragodon area of Pristina fenced off after owners ignored repeated warnings to cease construction on municipal land. The house was the subject one of three outstanding demolition orders signed by Rexhep Luci, the…

UNMIK/PR/375 MITROVICA - A fire in an electrical substation at the Trepca lead smelter in northern Mitrovica Saturday night destroyed four transformers that supplied power to the plant and also to the nearby town of Zvecan. Police said they were treating the case as one of suspected arson. Engineers…

UNMIK/PR/374 Pristina--Bernardo Cocco and Driton Lajçi, Co-Heads of the Department of Youth, announced in a press conference today the celebration of the First Youth Week in Kosovo with the theme this year focused on “Tolerance, No violence”. Activities will take place in different regions and…

UNMIK/PR/373 The situation of non-Albanian communities remains the biggest problem in Kosovo, SRSG Bernard Kouchner told the United Nations Security Council yesterday in New York. "Serbs and Roma in particular are often still excluded from daily life and are under great personal security risks," he…

UNMIK/PR/372 PRISTINA---The Kosovo Transitional Council today dispatched a three- member delegation, along with Mr. Eric Chevallier, senior advisor to the SRSG, to the Dubrava prison to meet hunger strikers demanding the release of Albanians in Serbian prisons. A medical assessment team from UNMIK…

UNMIK/PR/371 PRISTINA---The Interim Administrative Council (IAC) today concluded its discussion on the draft regulation establishing the rules of procedure and evidence of the Housing and Property Claims Commission. Mr. Alan Dodson, chairman of the Commission, and experts from the appropriate…

UNMIK/PR/368 PRISTINA--- The Department of Youth is sending 30 secondary school students from Prizren to Florence, Italy, for a one-week educational visit. The event is taking place within the pact of friendship that ties the two municipalities. The students, selected on the basis of academic…

UNMIK/PR/367 PRISTINA--- On 15 September, a UN employee was taken in by UNMIK Police following allegations of indecent exposure. He was handed over to UN Security to carry out investigations. Under UN regulations, an individual is charged and has the right to respond before action is taken against…

UNMIK/PR/366 PRISTINA – UNMIK strongly refutes allegations in the Kosovo media which undermine the civil and voter registration process. The allegations have been described by UN Civil Administration and the OSCE – the two pillars responsible for the process – as highly irresponsible, misleading and…

UNMIK/PR/365 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner announced in Gjakova/ Dakovica yesterday that soon an office dealing specifically with issue of the missing persons and the detained would be opened in the Government Building. This would be a contact office where people could directly approach the…

UNMIK/PR/364 PRISTINA---The Kosovo Transitional Council today unanimously issued the following statement against illegal construction activities in Kosovo: “The Kosovo Transitional Council expressed its concern on the widespread illegal construction activities. “The KTC members strongly agreed that…