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BLUE SKY Radio Goes on the Air Tonight
UNMIK/PR/60 PRISTINA – “Blue Sky Radio,” a public radio service produced by UNMIK with funding from the Swiss Government, goes on the air tonight at 7:30 p.m. on 96 FM. BLUE SKY will transmit a non-stop daily mix of music…
UNMIK launches blueprint for health service in Kosovo
UNMIK/PR/55 PRISTINA – Dr. Hannu Vuori, UNMIK Head of Health and Social Services, today launched the interim administration’s official strategy for rebuilding an efficient and modern health service for Kosovo. The Interim…
UNMIK starts second round of stipend payments
UNMIK/PR/59 PRISTINA- The second round of payments of stipends to civil servants and public sector employees in Kosovo has started on 29 September 1999. The 50,000 recipients of stipend payments from all over Kosovo include…
Japan Donates $7 Million to Kosovo Winterization
UNMIK/PR/61 PRISTINA--The Government of Japan today pledged to give the United Nations Mission in Kosovo a grant of US $ 7 million to assist UNMIK winterization and rehabilitation in Drenica and the neighboring region in…
Kouchner attends Klina school re-opening
UNMIK/PR/56 KLINA – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of Secretary General, today attended the reopening of a high school school refurbished by British and Italian KFOR soldiers. “I am very happy to see you in your new…
057 - Mitrovica Hospital under Blockade
UNMIK/PR/57 MITROVICA— For the past week, continuous incidents culminated in a blockade of the regional hospital, situated in northern Mitrovica, an area where residents are predominantly Serb. After several clashes, Albanian…
Missing UN Staff Members had Strayed into Serbia
PR/No/58 It is believed that the three UNMIK staff members who went missing on 27 September in the area of Mitrovica had inadvertently crossed into Serbia while doing communications work and were detained because they lacked…
Kosovo Transitional Council Condemns Kosovo Polje Attack
UNMIK/PR/53 PRISTINA—In its regular meeting today at UNMIK headquarters, the Kosovo Transitional Council strongly condemned yesterday’s grenade attack on a marketplace in Bresje near Kosovo Polje, in which two people were…
UNMIK expects quick release of staff detained In Yugoslavia
UNMIK/PR/54 PRISTINA-Three staff members of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo have not been seen or heard from since they were detained Monday in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The UN expects them to be released today…
Kouchner Strongly Condemns Kosovo Polje Killings
UNMIK/PR/52 PRISTINA--UNMIK SRSG Bernard Kouchner strongly condemned the grenade attack today in a market place in the predominantly Serb town of Bresje, close to Kosovo Polje. UNMIK police confirmed that two grenades were…