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Matthews Welcomes Haradinaj to IAC; Health Care Discussed
UNMIK/PR/512 PRISTINA---PDSRSG Gary Matthews, leading the Interim Administrative Council today in the absence of SRSG Hans Haekkerup, welcomed the arrival of Mr. Ramush Haradinaj, whom the SRSG appointed to fill the fourth…
UNMIK Welcomes FRY Amnesty
UNMIK/PR/511 PDSRSG Gary Matthews today welcomed the Amnesty Law approved by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Parliament which would mean the release of more than 100 Kosovo Albanians detained in Serbian prisons. “Finally…
Severe Punishments for Weapons Possession
UNMIK/PR/509 PRISTINA--- A new weapons regulation has been introduced to take out of circulation the huge quantity of weaponry left in Kosovo since the conflict almost two years ago. Violators of the new regulation may be…
Second Phase of ID Card Distribution Begins
UNMIK/PR/505 PRISTINA---UNMIK is starting the 2nd phase of the ID card distribution in Kosovo from today. The 2nd phase is much larger than the first phase that began in mid-December last year. In this phase 400,000 ID cards…
Transfer of Authority from the Regions to the Municipalities
UNMIK/PR/508 PRISTINA--- The Council of JIAS Co-heads were today briefed on the proposed handing over of power from the regional structures to the municipalities in Kosovo. The DSRSG, Mr. Tom Koenigs, said it was a goal to…
ID Cards
UNMIK/PR/506 The names of the municipalities, the registration centres whose cards are ready and the Post Offices from where they will be issued: Reg. Centre No. Municipality Region Reg. Center PTK Office 1 1901e Prishtinë/…
On-going Registration, ID Cards and Travel Documents Data
UNMIK/PR/507 PRISTINA---UNMIK began distributing ID cards in mid-December. A few weeks earlier it had restarted the on-going registration all over Kosovo. The latest from that is: Total cards for distribution: 35,000 (since…
KTC Condemns Attack on Bus
UNMIK/PR/503 PRISTINA--- The Kosovo Transitional Council today issued this statement: “The KTC condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attack on a convoy of buses carrying Kosovo Serbs last Friday, in which at least…
SRSG Attends Memorial Service for Bus Victims
UNMIK/PR/504 SRSG Hans Haekkerup today attended a memorial service for eight victims of Friday’s attack on a bus convoy carrying Kosovo Serbs. The SRSG expressed his condolences to families in attendance, as well as to…
Interim Administrative Council to include AAK
UNMIK/PR/502 SRSG Hans Haekkerup opened today’s meeting of the Interim Administrative Council by repeating his outrage at the terrorist attack on the bus convoy last Friday, which claimed the lives of at least 10 Kosovo Serbs…