Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/301 Following a break due to the absence of Kosovo political leaders who were attending the Airlie conference in the United States, the Interim Administrative Council resumed meeting today, with a briefing from IAC…

UNMIK/PR/300 PRISTINA—Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Mitrovica Serb National Council, has taken part in the international group which is working to get Serbs back to Kosovo. His participation comes as the Joint Committee on…

UNMIK/PR/299 PRISTINA— The Department for Democratic Governance and Civil Society has been given its legal basis with the signature of the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Dr Bernard Kouchner. It brings to 14…

UNMIK/PR/298 SRSG Bernard Kouchner on Friday re-opened the Germia swimming pool, which is now available for public use on a daily basis from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The swimming pool in Germia Park had been closed for…

UNMIK/PR/297 The Kosovo Transitional Council devoted today's meeting to a special session on communities in Kosovo, and most of today's discussion centered on inter-ethnic relations. SRSG Bernard Kouchner told the KTC that…

UNMIK/PR/296 PRISTINA--NATO Secretary-General George Robertson, leading a North Atlantic Council delegation here for his fifth visit to Kosovo in a year, delivered strong messages to both Albanian and Serb leaders that they…

UNMIK/PR/294 PRISTINA—SRSG Bernard Kouchner has signed a regulation establishing the administrative Department of Sports, which will be responsible for the overall management of all matters relating to sports in Kosovo. The…

UNMIK/PR/289 SRSG Bernard Kouchner has named Marek Antoni Nowicki as Ombudsperson for Kosovo, whose job will be to investigate and mediate complaints from individuals, groups and organizations about possible abuses of power…

UNMIK/PR/290 After several weeks of discussions, the Interim Administrative Council today endorsed a draft regulation on the structure and functions of municipal administrations throughout Kosovo. There are 30 municipalities…

UNMIK/PR/292 Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General, issued the following statement today, following a drive-by shooting late this morning of a Serbian cleric accompanied by two relatives and a…