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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

UNMIK/PR/163 In yesterday's press briefing notes, we incorrectly referred to the title of the new top UNMIK police official in Mitrovica as 'regional commissioner.' Dr. Kouchner has in fact appointed a new police Regional…

UNMIK/PR/169 Oliver Ivanovic: It was a hard discussion, more than one hour and now I can say we are exactly at the beginning of some kind of negotiations. We are trying to improve the situation and make the tensions lower and…