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SRSG and COMKFOR meet Covic at Merdare
UNMIK/PR/625 PRISTINA - Today, at Gate 3, SRSG Hans Haekkerup and COMKFOR Lieutenant General Thorstein Skiaker met with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic, where they had a constructive and lengthy conversation on a range of issues pertaining to the implementation of UNSCR 1244 (1999). SRSG…
No Bodies or Refrigerated Truck Found in Radonijicko Lake UNMIK Police
UNMIK/PR/624 PRISTINA – UNMIK Police Missing Person’s Unit confirmed today that after searching Radonijicko Lake near Djakovica, no evidence was found indicating the presence of a refrigerated truck or bodies at the bottom of the lake. The Radonjicko Lake was investigated by a fully-equipped KFOR…
Pristina University Hospital Announces Major Reforms
UNMIK/PR/623 PRISTINA – Dr. Pleurat Sejdiu, Co-Head of the Department of Health and Social Welfare (DHSW) and acting Chief Executive of the Pristina University Hospital today announced the complete overhaul of the PUH’s operations and management. Dr. Sejdiu was appointed temporary Chief Executive of…
New Kosovo Management of UNMIK Railways
UNMIK/PR/622 PRISTINA - The JIAS Department of Transport and Infrastructure (DoTI) has announced the appointments of a new Kosovo General Manager and Deputy General Manger for the railways. Mr. Gani Lahu will assume the position of General Manager on 1 September, 2001 for an initial period of one…
PDSRSG strongly condemns the second attack in Podujevo
UNMIK/PR/621 Pristina - PDSRSG Gary Matthews strongly condemns the attack which happened this morning 2 km north of Podujevo, in which a group of Serbs travelling in a convoy to Serbia were ambushed. Three people were injured. This is the second attack in the last 24 hours. “This violent and…
UNMIK re-assumes control over Germia Building in Gracanica
UNMIK/PR/620 Pristina – This morning UNMIK re-assumed control over the socially owned Germia Building in Gracanica. The action was authorized by the SRSG pursuant to his executive power under Security Council Resolution 1244. On Friday 3 August, an Office of the FRY Committee on Kosovo was…
Local Municipal Authorities Cannot Appoint Directors of Municipal Companies
UNMIK/PR/619 PRISTINA - UNMIK Pristina Region is in complete agreement with the Pillar IV Department of Public Utilities that the competency to appoint the directors of public utility municipal companies, including Higjeno Teknika, does not lie entirely with the local municipal authorities. While…
SRSG Haekkerup meets US President Bush
UNMIK/PR/617 PRISTINA - SRSG Hans Haekkerup, along with COMKFOR Lt. General Thorstein Shiaker, DSRSG Daan Everts and DSRSG Andy Bearpark met with US President George Bush for 40 minutes today at Camp Bondsteel, the US base in Kosovo. President Bush assured UNMIK and KFOR officials that the U.S…
UNMIK Signs MoU with ICMP for DNA Testing
UNMIK/PR/618 PRISTINA – SRSG Hans Haekkerup today told the Kosovo Transitional Council that yesterday he had signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Committee for the Missing Persons (ICMP) to start the process of DNA testing. The ICMP has the technical means and the money to…
UNMIK Clarifies Statement No New Graves at Suva Reka
UNMIK/PR/616 Contrary to reports today and last night in the Belgrade media, there are no new mass graves in Suva Reka or anywhere in Kosovo. Remarks by Ms. Monique Fienberg, head of UNMIK’s missing persons bureau, were distorted in the Belgrade media yesterday. Ms. Fienberg had been reviewing the…