Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/189 PRISTINA-On Sunday evening, 12 March, the Kosovo Electric Company will shut down Unit 1 of the Kosovo B power plant for repairs. This unit had been the major producer of electrical power in Kosovo over the past…

UNMIK/PR/188 The IAC condemns in the strongest possible terms the violent incidents that occurred in Mitrovica on 7 March, which resulted in several wounded among Serb and Albanian communities and KFOR troops. We are alarmed…

UNMIK/PR/184 In its first mission assigned with forming a shared administration, the United Nations has a unique opportunity in Kosovo to promote the participation of women in governance. UNMIK's Office of Gender Affairs…

UNMIK/PR/183 Yesterday in Skopje, Mr. Joly Dixon, UNMIK's Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Mr. Kadievski, the Minister of Urban Planning and Construction of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia…

UNMIK/PR/186 PRISTINA - After discussing recent events in Mitrovica, the Kosovo Transitional Council today issued a statement condemning the new outbreak of violence in Mitrovica and calling for dialogue as the only way to…

UNMIK/PR/187 The Administrative Department for Sport (ADS) seeks applicants for professional posts and support staff. The Department of Sport, to be established in Pristina, promotes the development of sports in Kosovo…

UNMIK/PR/181 PRISTINA - UNMIK will establish a waiting area for freight trucks from Kosovo on their way to the Blace border crossing with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. By keeping a large number of trucks off the…

UNMIK/PR/182 At today's meeting of the Interim Administrative Council, regulations on a Central Election Commission and Political Party Registration were endorsed. The regulations will be signed once screened by UN legal…

UNMIK/PR/180 NEW YORK--Briefing a private meeting of the Security Council yesterday, the head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Dr. Bernard Kouchner, said the UN work in Kosovo lacked clear political objectives…

UNMIK/PR/179 UNMIK and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in collaboration with the UNMIK Office of Gender Affairs and with the Kosovo and international community will commemorate International Women's Day…