Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/371 PRISTINA---The Interim Administrative Council (IAC) today concluded its discussion on the draft regulation establishing the rules of procedure and evidence of the Housing and Property Claims Commission. Mr. Alan Dodson, chairman of the Commission, and experts from the appropriate…

UNMIK/PR/368 PRISTINA--- The Department of Youth is sending 30 secondary school students from Prizren to Florence, Italy, for a one-week educational visit. The event is taking place within the pact of friendship that ties the two municipalities. The students, selected on the basis of academic…

UNMIK/PR/367 PRISTINA--- On 15 September, a UN employee was taken in by UNMIK Police following allegations of indecent exposure. He was handed over to UN Security to carry out investigations. Under UN regulations, an individual is charged and has the right to respond before action is taken against…

UNMIK/PR/366 PRISTINA – UNMIK strongly refutes allegations in the Kosovo media which undermine the civil and voter registration process. The allegations have been described by UN Civil Administration and the OSCE – the two pillars responsible for the process – as highly irresponsible, misleading and…

UNMIK/PR/365 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner announced in Gjakova/ Dakovica yesterday that soon an office dealing specifically with issue of the missing persons and the detained would be opened in the Government Building. This would be a contact office where people could directly approach the…

UNMIK/PR/364 PRISTINA---The Kosovo Transitional Council today unanimously issued the following statement against illegal construction activities in Kosovo: “The Kosovo Transitional Council expressed its concern on the widespread illegal construction activities. “The KTC members strongly agreed that…

UNMIK/PR/363 PRISTINA---The Kosovo Transitional Council, which received a detailed briefing on the municipal elections today was told that the first ballots for out-of-Kosovo voters will be mailed out from today through Monday from Germany. Briefing the KTC, DSRSG Daan Everts, with his election team…

UNMIK/PR/362 PRISTINA— Business registration in Kosovo is nearing completion, with almost 26,000 organisations complying. That is being described as very succesful, with targets being hit. But UNMIK officials running the registration programme say registering is not enough. Kosovo’s businessmen must…

UNMIK/PR/361 PRISTINA--- The situation at the Trepca Battery Factory Complex in Mitrovica South is under control, and the work was finished yesterday, Tuesday 19 September. The work was done on a 24-hours basis all week by people and resources from KPC, KFOR, UNMIK and international organisations…

UNMIK/PR/360 PRISTINA---In a major judgement today, Milos Jokic accused of genocide was today convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for war crimes against a civilian population under s.142 of the Yugoslav Criminal Code. Mr. Jokic, of Serbian ethnicity, was arrested on 26 August 1999. The…