Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/254 On 23 May, Mr. Ramush Haradinaj, chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, was stopped as all other cars at a KFOR checkpoint near Malisevo in a routine operation during which Mr. Haradinaj was regrettably injured. The incident is being followed up to determine that all KFOR…

UNMIK/PR/251 Dr. Bernard Kouchner and the UNMIK Office of Gender Affairs are holding a Meeting on Women in Elections and the Peace Process in Kosovo tomorrow (Saturday 27 May) in the UNMIK Government Building auditorium. The meeting, which is open to the media, will be a forum for representatives of…

UNMIK/PR/253 The Interim Administrative Council today discussed the status of the administrative Departments of Sport and Environmental Protection. Regarding the environment, IAC members raised questions on the prevalence and health risks of depleted uranium in ammunition cartridges left in areas of…

UNMIK/PR/252 The Interim Administrative Council, following its meeting today, issued the following statement: Over the past few years, and especially since 1998, large numbers of Kosovars have found refuge in many European countries and elsewhere. On behalf of the people of Kosovo the Interim…

UNMIK/PR/250 The co-heads of the Department of Public Services briefed the Kosovo Transitional Council today on the public sector in Kosovo, which employs some 46,700 civil servants and manages public services implemented under the Kosovo Consolidated Budget. The KTC also discussed the security…

UNMIK/PR/249 While several dozen war veterans and invalids demonstrated outside the UNMIK Government building today, SRSG Bernard Kouchner met with their representatives to plan ways to improve their access to medical care and living conditions. Hashim Thaci, member of the Interim Administrative…

UNMIK/PR/248 The Interim Administrative Council today discussed yesterday's sentencing of 143 Kosovo Albanians to prison terms amounting to a total of 1,632 years by the Nis court in Serbia. The IAC members and SRSG Bernard Kouchner agreed to visit Djakova together later today to meet families of…

UNMIK/PR/246 The Department of Health and Social Welfare has announced that the new programme to provide social assistance to the most vulnerable families in Kosovo will be launched in June. The scheme will be administered by the Centres for Social Work (CSWs) throughout Kosovo. Evelyn Arnold and…

UNMIK/PR/245 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan sent a message yesterday to family and colleagues of slain UNMIK staff member Petar Topojlksi. The statement was read by UNMIK SRSG Bernard Kouchner following his own tribute delivered at the memorial service at UNMIK headquarters in Pristina…