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UNMIK/PR/178 The Interim Administrative Council today endorsed draft regulations on the departments of Justice and Public Services. Once signed by the SRSG, the departments will become officially operational. The IAC also discussed in detail two draft regulations dealing with preparations for the…

UNMIK/PR/177 Beginning 7 March, all businesses in Kosovo must file for provisional registration with UNMIK in the municipality in which they are operating. The registration will go on over the next two to three months, and full instructions will be available in the municipality buildings around…

UNMIK/PR/176 Today Professor Michael Daxner takes up his duties as the International Administrator for the Pristina University system, consisting of seven campuses and some 1,500 faculty and administrators. The idea of an international administrator to help strengthen the university system structure…

UNMIK/PR/175 Pristina - On 27 February, more than 50 recruits took part in a graduation ceremony marking their successful completion of a rigorous, two-week training program required to become a customs officer for UNMIK. The graduates bring the total number of professionals in the Customs Service…

UNMIK/PR/174 PRISTINA--The Kosovo Transitional Council today established its Secretariat, a rotating group of five KTC members which will prepare the work of the advisory body and coordinate its specialized working groups. The Secretariat will consist of one representative of a political party in…

UNMIK/PR/173 PRISTINA--The Interim Administrative Council today named co-heads for the departments of Culture, Youth, Sport and Democratic Governance & Civil Society Support. The IAC also divided the former department of Youth and Sport into two new entities. The IAC appointed Ms. Vjosa Dobruna, a…

UNMIK/PR/172 PRISTINA--Firefighters have brought under control a blaze which consumed the Boro and Ramiz Sports center in central Pristina overnight. By noon today, some 75 firefighters from seven international units, including 35 Kosovars, had directed the flames vertically, preventing its…

UNMIK/PR/170 PRISTINA-The Interim Administrative Council today agreed to create a professional civil service in Kosovo which will remain when the administration is handed over to the people and representatives of Kosovo and after the international administrators have left. The IAC agreed to have an…

UNMIK/PR/168 PRISTINA--The Kosovo Transitional Council today urged the international community, and the United Nations Security Council in particular, to put maximum pressure on Belgrade authorities to release all detainees from Kosovo held unlawfully in Yugoslav prisons and to cooperate with…

UNMIK/PR/167 PRISTINA--On the occasion of the start of the first training course for the Kosovo Protection Corps, SRSG Bernard Kouchner reminded the KPC leaders of their responsibilities in building a new Kosovo society. The 45 men and one woman were embarking on a course which would elaborate on…

UNMIK/PR/166 Pristina--The Interim Administrative Council today issued the following statement, which was read to the press by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bernard Kouchner, following the IAC's regular meeting. "A political solution to the situation in Mitrovica is of utmost…

UNMIK/PR/164 PRISTINA--At the close of its regular meeting today, the Interim Administration Council (IAC) issued the following statement: "The IAC urges the political parties to show responsibility and to contribute to stabilizing the security situation in Mitrovica. "The IAC recognizes the…