Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/349 PRISTINA—Talking to a crowd of more than 1,000 mainly young people in Skenderaj yesterday at his fifth Town Hall Meeting, Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General said the international…

UNMIK/PR/346 PRISTINA— SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner warned the members of the Kosovo Transitional Council that the conspiracy of silence surrounding the recent and earlier killings in Kosovo would undermine what the…

UNMIK/PR/348 PRISTINA— Regulation 2000/51 signed by SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner establishes the age of compulsory school attendance from six to 15 years. Under this regulation, a child reaching six years of age by the…

UNMIK/PR/347 PRISTINA— SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner has signed Regulation 2000/50 amending UNMIK Regulation 1999/27 on the Kosovo Consolidated Budget for the current financial year, ending 31 January 2000. The new regulation…

UNMIK/PR/342 MITROVICA - A leak in a sulphuric acid tank at the Trepca industrial facility in South Mitrovica Tuesday caused a full scale emergency alert in the area. UNMIK fire brigade units combined with KFOR units and…

UNMIK/PR/343 The Interim Administrative Council today discussed the recent violence in Kosovo which occurred in the wake of the Day Against Violence on 9 September. These included the murder of Rilindija journalist Shefki…

UNMIK/PR/340 PRISTINA—A group of 35 children of Kosovo from different communities are travelling to France for medical treatment on Saturday 9 September. The trip was made possible thanks to a joint operation by the…

UNMIK/PR/338 PRISTINA—The Kosovo Transitional Council was briefed today on the SRSG Bernard Kouchner’s policy statement on the FRY elections and the escape of detainees from the Mitrovica detention centre on 2 September…

UNMIK/PR/339 SRSG Bernard Kouchner issued the following statement today: Under UNSCR 1244, UNMIK bears the sole responsibility for interim administration in Kosovo. In order to administer any elections within Kosovo, UNMIK…

UNMIK/PR/337 The Interim Administrative Council today endorsed a draft regulation establishing the Department of Trade and Industry. They were briefed by Mr. Pajazit Nushi of the Council for Human Rights and Freedoms on…