Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/403 "I am absolutely delighted and relieved at the news that Dr. Flora Brovina was released today from prison in Pozarevac in Serbia. I am overjoyed for her family. She should be crossing into Kosovo at this very moment: Let me be among the first to say, Welcome Home, Dear Flora. You have…

UNMIK/PR/401 Pristina-- SRSG Bernard Kouchner opened today the second Resource Centre on Detainees and Missing Persons in Gracanica. The first Resource Centre was inaugurated in Pristina on 12 October. At the Resource Centre, residents of Kosovo will enter into contact with the offices and…

UNMIK/PR/400 Pristina-- SRSG Bernard Kouchner yesterday visited Kosovo B Power Plant to see the progress made in the overhaul of the unit B2, and to assess the power situation in Kosovo before winter. Dr. Kouchner was briefed on work done so far and on that which remains to enable Kosovo B to…

UNMIK/PR/399 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner has named Anthony Welch of the UK as the new Regional Administrator for Mitrovica. When Welch, a retired British Army Brigadier, takes up his post with UNMIK in November, he brings with him more than five years experience of working in the Balkans. He…

UNMIK/PR/398 PRISTINA---UNMIK has established a Resource Support Centre at Radio Television Kosovo (RTK TV) to support journalists covering the election results period. The center will be open to media beginning Saturday 28 October, and it will continue to support journalists for some days following…

UNMIK/PR/397 At today's meeting of the Interim Administrative Council, SRSG Bernard Kouchner deplored the incident at yesterday's LDK rally in Gjakova/Djakovica in which Dr. Ibrahim Rugova was forced to leave the stage after the electricity supply was cut and guns fired. Dr. Kouchner reminded IAC…

UNMIK/PR/396 UNMIK’s Department of Justice both respects and supports the monitoring mandate of the OSCE and views the OSCE report “Kosovo: A Review Of The Criminal Justice System, 1 February-31 July, 2000” of 18 October as a useful tool in identifying areas where more work is needed and as an…

UNMIK/PR/395 PRISTINA--- Today the international commissioner of the Housing and Property Claims Commission, Mr. Alan Dodson briefed the Kosovo Transitional Council on the activities of his agency. The commission’s task is to handle claims of residential property such as houses and apartments…

UNMIK/PR/394 PRISTINA---Afrim Zeqiri is currently under detention in Gnjilane under a decision by an international judge serving on the Gnjilane District Court, while the investigation continues into a possible indictment on charges of murder, attempted murder, endangering public security and…

UNMIK/PR/393 Pristina--The Interim Administrative Council today endorsed a draft regulation, which would set up the Administrative Department of Civil Security and Emergency Planning. The department has already been functioning under co-heads Roland Nilsson and Bislim Zyrapi, however its exact role…