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UNMIK/PR/160 PRISTINA--At its regular meeting today, the Interim Administrative Council discussed pending regulations which are crucial to paving the way to elections in Kosovo later this year. Regulations on the Registration of Political Parties, the Central Civil Registration and the Central…

UNMIK/PR/159 PRISTINA--The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Bernard Kouchner, received endorsement today from leaders of the Serb National Council in Gracanica, Kosovo, to a package of measures UNMIK has undertaken to restore security and build peaceful co-existence in the town of…

UNMIK/PR/158 PRISTINA-It has been a day of confrontation and violence in Mitrovica, and a sad day in the history of Kosovo. The full story of what happened today, and the sequence in which it happened, is not yet clear. We will try to piece it together once order has been restored. What is clear…

UNMIK/PR/157 PRISTINA - According to the UNMIK regulation on Customs (No.1999/03), passengers in buses and vehicles are allowed to import goods for their own personal use only. Passengers or others importing goods for commercial use must pay customs duties when entering Kosovo. Any buses hauling…

UNMIK/PR/156 PRISTINA--On his second visit to Mitrovica since the disturbances of last week, Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, outlined new measures to increase security in the divided city. UNMIK will re-deploy 300 international police to the Mitrovica area, Dr…

UNMIK/PR/155 PRISTINA – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, told the Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC) today that he envisioned the newly expanded body would serve as a sort of control mechanism vis-à-vis the Interim Administrative Council (IAC). He said that all IAC…

UNMIK/PR/154 PRISTINA – The members of the Interim Administrative Council today had an in-depth discussion on the violence in Mitrovica and agreed to develop a strategy to improve the security situation there. “We came together to deal with this crisis and come up with a common position on the re…

UNMIK/PR/153 Pristina – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Bernard Kouchner, today visited Mitrovica where he met with UNMIK, KFOR and local leaders to discuss the security situation and seek a solution to stem the violence that has erupted there. “All extremists will be defeated…

UNMIK/PR/16 PRISTINA – Reports from Belgrade that a Yugoslav bank has signed an agreement with the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo are false. A news wire report on 21 July claimed that the company, Komercijalna Banka, had signed a deal to provide banking services in Kosovo…

UNMIK/PR/152 PRISTINA--The situation in the town of Mitrovica was calm overnight. Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Jock Covey went to Mitrovica Thursday evening with COMKFOR General Klaus Reinhardt and met with local leader Serb and Albanian leaders, whom he found…

UNMIK/PR/151 The Interim Administrative Council (IAC) denounces in the strongest possible terms the escalating acts of violence which occurred this week in Kosovo. The attack on a UNHCR-operated bus on 2 February and the events in Mitrovica last night and early this morning in which at least four…

UNMIK/PR/1148 PRISTINA – PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw today visited religious sites and homes attacked during the recent rioting in Kosovo and visited a temporary shelter for people displaced by the violence. Mr. Brayshaw travelled to Prizren, where he first met with the Regional Representative and the…