Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/656 PRISTINA - The shape of the future Kosovo Assembly was further unveiled today at the Interim Administrative Council, where a draft regulation on official flags was introduced and a briefing on the Assembly administration was given. Acting SRSG Tom Koenigs introduced the draft regulation…

UNMIK/PR/655 PRISTINA - The Acting SRSG Tom Koenigs today gave out the one millionth UNMIK ID card to a Kosovo Serb, Bojan Nicic, a resident of Caglavica, at a ceremony in Gracanica. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Koenigs announced that a regulation would be issued soon making registration compulsory…

UNMIK/PR/654 "I am pleased and proud today to hear of the selection of the United Nations and Secretary General Kofi Annan to share the Nobel Peace Prize," said Tom Koenigs, Acting SRSG of the UN Mission in Kosovo. "Joining all UN staff in Kosovo, I would like to offer my heartfelt congratulations…

UNMIK/PR/653 PRISTINA - The Interim Administrative Council (IAC) was today informed about steps being taken to start the process of issuing driving licenses in Kosovo when the draft regulation on Documents Permitting the Operation of Vehicles in Kosovo and Other Related Matters was presented to them…

UNMIK/PR/652 A 674,000 DM grant program financed by the Italian government and implemented by UNMIK's Civil Administration has resulted in income generation for hundreds of Kosovo residents. The UNMIIK Resource Management Monitoring Center, established in April 2000, designed a program to foster…

UNMIK/PR/651 PRISTINA - The Kosovo Transitional Council met today for the last time in a joint session with the Interim Administrative Council (IAC). The meeting was devoted to a discussion on security and justice issues in Kosovo. The outgoing COMKFOR, Lieutenant General Thorstein Skiaker, DSRSG…

UNMIK/PR/650 PRISTINA - The Interim Administrative Council (IAC) agreed today to hold a joint session with the Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC) on 2 October devoted to security issues. The joint session would also mark the final meeting of the KTC. IAC also endorsed three important draft…

UNMIK/PR/649 The Detention Review Commission established by UNMIK regulation to review extra-judicial detention by executive order has decided that the detention by executive order of three suspects in the Nis bus bombing is justified. The panel also extended the period of pre-trial custody of the…

UNMIK/PR/648 More than one million Kosovo residents have now been civilly registered and most possess UNMIK ID cards thanks to a system that is now secure and reliable, Peter Schumann, co-head of the Department of Public Services, told members of the Kosovo Transitional Council today. In addition…

UNMIK/PR/645 PRISTINA - The Interim Administrative Council today endorsed a draft regulation that will enable municipalities to participate in the pilot program on property tax assessment and collection. IAC members will continue to study other draft regulations presented today--on regulating the…