- Press Releases
UNMIK Police Arrest Three in Customs Attack Case
UNMIK/PR/96 PRISTINA – As a result of a joint forces operation with KFOR and the UNMIK Special Response Team, UNMIK Border Police have arrested three local ethnic Albanian males this morning in Pristina without incident. The suspects were arrested in connection with an attack on two UNMIK Customs…
UNMIK Begins Registration of Insurance Companies for Upcoming Temporary Vehicle Registration
UNMIK/PR/99 PRISTINA – UNMIK Civil Administration has started registering insurance companies to provide car insurance to drivers in Kosovo. UNMIK will begin temporary vehicle registration starting 30 November. Drivers will be required to provide proof that their vehicles are insured before they can…
UNMIK seeks snow clearance companies
UNMIK/PR/100 PRISTINA - UNMIK is urgently seeking to contract with snow clearance companies with crews capable of removing snow and ice on Kosovo roads in winter. In a press release issued on 23 November, the appeal was incorrectly made for snow plow drivers . In actuality, UNMIK is seeking…
Press Advisory - Special Events (15 July 1999)
UNMIK/PR/10 11:45 A.M. PRESS BRIEFING by the EUROPEAN UNION TASK FORCE KFOR PRESS CENTER. SPOKESMAN: ROY DICKINSON 12:45 A.M. ARRIVAL of MR. IBRAHIM RUGOVA, UNMIK HQ. (Pool arrangements to be made for opening of meeting with SRSG a.i. Sergio Vieira de Mello) 14:30 P.M. ARRIVAL of SRSG BERNARD…
Kouchner Takes Up Post as UNMIK Head In Pristina
UNMIK/PR/11 PRISTINA- Bernard Kouchner arrived in Kosovo today to take up the post of Special Representative of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Kouchner, 59, a former Health Minister of France, heads the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), mandated with preparing Kosovo…
UNMIK convenes first meeting of Kosovo Transitional Council
Recruitment of new Kosovo Police Service launched; Confidence-building measures agreed UNMIK/PR/12 Pristina - The newly-formed Kosovo Transitional Council met for the first time today under United Nations auspices, marking a critical first step towards development of self-government in Kosovo. The…
UNMIK sets out plans for revival and development of RTP and independent media in Kosovo
Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General UNMIK/PR/13 UNMIK is acutely aware of the growing concern among media professionals and Kosovo’s people about the future of Radio-Television Pristina. We wish to assure the people of Kosovo that broadcasting at RTP will resume in the…
SRSG Signs Regulations Establishing Banking and Payments Authority of Kosovo and the Bank Supervisory and Regulatory Department
UNMIK/PR/90 PRISTINA – Bernard Kouchner, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General has signed regulations which provide for an efficient payment and a sound banking system to strengthen the economy in Kosovo. The Banking and Payments Authority of Kosovo (BPK) will help restart the payments…
Housing and Property Directorate and Claims Commission Established
UNMIK/PR/92 PRISTINA—The Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bernard Kouchner, has signed a regulation (number 1999/23) establishing a Housing and Property Directorate and Housing and Property Claims Commission. This is the first step in the process of resolving the complex issue of…
UNMIK Holds Memorial Service for Air Crash Victims
UNMIK/PR/93 Pristina-- A memorial service will be held tomorrow in UNMIK headquarters in Pristina and all five regions of Kosovo for the 21 passengers and three crew members who lost their lives in the tragic WFP aircraft crash of 12 November. This will be a private ceremony for UNMIK staff. The…
SRSG Signs Regulation on the Appointment of Lay-Judges
UNMIK/PR/94 PRISTINA – Bernard Kouchner, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, has signed a regulation on the appointment and removal from office of lay judges in order to establish an independent, impartial and multi-ethnic judiciary in Kosovo. The Advisory Judicial Commission will…
NGO Registration to Begin in Kosovo 29 November
UNMIK/PR/95 PRISTINA – Bernard Kouchner, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, has signed a regulation on the registration and operation of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Kosovo. UNMIK’s office of Civil Documents/NGO Liaison Unit will begin registering NGOs in Pristina…