News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMIK/PR/1124 PRISTINA - SRSG Harri Holkeri and President Ibrahim Rugova today visited two returns sites at Bica and Belo Polje. Prior to the visit, they met Klina Municipal President Rame Manaj and other municipal officials. The topics for discussion were the return of Kosovo Serb citizens to Klina…

UNMIK/PR/1120 PRISTINA - SRSG Harri Holkeri today personally informed President Ibrahim Rugova, Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi and other political leaders about the arrest early today of a number of Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) members. The arrests were made in connection with serious crimes…

UNMIK/PR/1119 Mr. President, The week before last, I met with a delegation of families of missing Kosovo Albanians as many more stood vigil in the snow in front of UNMIK headquarters. They told me of their frustration at the slow progress on the return of the mortal remains of their loved ones from…

UNMIK/PR/1117 PRISTINA – This evening, the Head of Pillar I DSRSG Jean-Christian Cady and PISG Minister of Public Services Jakup Krasniqi signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the provision of security services for Buildings of the Kosovo Government. Welcoming the agreement, DSRSG Jean-Christian…

UNMIK/PR/1115 PRISTINA – Further to the UNMIK Police Press Release titled ‘KPS Secondary Employment’ dated 2 February 2004. The Head of Pillar I DSRSG Jean-Christian Cady today announced that the UNMIK Police Commissioner had agreed to reinstate the Kosovo Police Service static guards in the…

UNMIK/PR/1109 PRISTINA – Some media reports have quoted a senior Belgrade official as stating that there are 198 mass graves in Kosovo. The Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) would like to categorically state that no evidence has been provided to OMPF regarding existence of any mass…

UNMIK/PR/1108 PRISTINA – SRSG Harri Holkeri today met representatives of the Council of Family Associations and assured them that he will inform the UN Security Council about their concerns. The issue should also be dealt within the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue. The representatives of the missing…

UNMIK/PR/1095 PRISTINA - On behalf of UNMIK, SRSG Harri Holkeri extends his warmest Christmas wishes to Orthodox Christians in Kosovo. Christmas celebrates the birth of new hope in the world and the SRSG invites Orthodox Christians to embrace the hopes offered in the coming months. UNMIK is well…

UNMIK/PR/148 PRISTINA – The temporary registration of all motor vehicles in Kosovo will re-start on Tuesday, 1 February 2000. The vehicle registration office is located at the former Yugopetrol storage site and is open from Monday to Friday from 0830 to 1600. Vehicle holders should come to the…

UNMIK/PR/147 Pristina—This morning, UNMIK representatives of the banking sector of Pillar IV met with the newly established Counsel of Protests representing employees of the former National Bank of Kosovo. The Counsel articulated their demands which focused mainly on matters pertaining to the…

UNMIK/PR/146 Pristina—The Head of Bank Supervision of the Banking and Payments Authority of Kosovo (BPK), Mr. Jimmy Barton, today issued a reminder to groups and organizations operating banking facilities in Kosovo of the 15 February deadline for filing their license applications. The 15 February…

The Joint Interim Administrative Structures became officially operational yesterday, 31 January, 2000, with the establishment of four of 19 interim departments proposed by UNMIK and the Interim Administrative Council (IAC). The Joint Interim Administrative Structures (JIAS) will administer Kosovo on…