News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMIK/PR/141 Pristina—The Micro Enterprise Bank (MEB), the first private commercial bank to be licensed by the Banking and Payments Authority of Kosovo, opened officially on 24 January. Attending the opening yesterday at the National Theatre were SRSG Bernard Kouchner, Klaus Glaubitt, Chairman of…

UNMIK/PR/134 PRISTINA--The Interim Administrative Council for Kosovo today named the first co-heads for five of 19 departments by which the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) and Kosovar political leaders will manage Kosovo until elections later this year. Following the sixth…

UNMIK/PR/135 PRISTINA—Bernard Kouchner, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, has signed a regulation on the Kosovo Joint Interim Administrative Structure, in order to help administer Kosovo until the establishment of genuine Kosovo institutions. Representatives of political forces of…

UNMIK/PR/133 PRISTINA – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Bernard Kouchner, today received a donation of 12 snowplows from the European Union, which were presented by the Director of the EU Task Force in Kosovo, Mr. Mark Franco. These snowplows will be used, as the eight earlier…

UNMIK/PR/132 PRISTINA--The Kosovo Transitional Council met this morning to continue discussing the question of its enlargement, in light of the Agreement of 15 December which established the Joint Interim Administration Council. That agreement explicitly foresees that the KTC may--if a majority of…

UNMIK/PR/131 Pristina- Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, together with a group of children, accepted today a gift of eleven tons of toys, sport equipment and educational materials from UNESCO. The materials were purchased by financial donations made by the citizens…

UNMIK/PR/122 Pristina – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, today visited the Kosovo A and B Power Plants with members of the Interim Administrative Council (IAC). Dr. Kouchner, together with Hashim Thaci, Ibrahim Rugova and Rexhep Qosja, visited the two power plants…

UNMIK/PR/129 PRISTINA--At its sixth meeting, held today, the Kosovo Interim Administrative Council (IAC) allocated seven out of 19 proposed administrative departments to political parties which will co-head them with UNMIK officials as part of the Joint Interim Administrative Structures which will…

UNMIK/PR/128 PRISTINA--The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Bernard Kouchner, had an Orthodox Christmas meal today hosted by Bishop Artemije of Raska and Prizren, as well as other monks and nuns living in the Orthodox Monastery of Gracanica, a largely Serbian community near Pristina…

UNMIK/PR/127 PRISTINA – In its fifth meeting today, the Interim Administrative Council discussed the expansion of the Kosovo Transitional Council to include other political parties and segments of civil society, especially women. The IAC has postponed making any new appointments until its next…

UNMIK/PR/126 PRISTINA—A Hotel, Food and Beverage Tax is proposed to come into effect on 1 February, 2000. This tax is on the services offered by hotels, restaurants and bars. It will apply to all places with gross receipts exceeding 15,000 DM per month that charge for accommodation as well as…

UNMIK/PR/125 PRISTINA--Pristina businessman Gani Thaci, who was arrested by UNMIK Police on 4 January after seen shooting a gun from a house, was released today. Mr. Gani Thaci was charged with illegal possession of arms. He was released today by the Pristina prosecutor, who stated that a police…