Press Releases

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…

UNMIK/PR/359 PRISTINA---SRSG Bernard Kouchner’s “Outreach Initiative” continued yesterday with his visit to the Viti/Vitina municipality in the Gjilan/Gnjilane region, followed by a visit to Vrbovac, one of the three Serb villages of the municipality where Dr. Kouchner inaugurated the first Local…

UNMIK/PR/358 PRISTINA--SRSG Bernard Kouchner today briefed the members of the Interim Administrative Council on the weapons and bomb making material seized following search operations in Gracanica by MNB (C) last night. The IAC had a discussion about illegal construction activity in Kosovo and it…

UNMIK/PR/357 PRISTINA--- The Interim Administrative Council today issued a statement on illegal construction activities. The statement is as follows: “The Interim Administrative Council discussed the issue of illegal construction activities.” “All IAC members strongly agreed that all illegal…

UNMIK/PR/356 The following press release was issued in Prizren: Mr Rudolph Hoffmann, Regional Administrator ad interim, states that the 51 countries he referred to in the 13 September Press Conference are those countries which have received the UNMIK Travel Document for consideration and approval…

UNMIK/PR/355 PRISTINA— New measures to tighten security at the Mitrovica Detention Centre are being put in place, following the escape of 13 detainees earlier this month. Extra guards are in place inside and outside the centre, there’s increased surveillance within the prison, with checks every…

UNMIK/PR/353 Members of the Interim Administrative Council today met with some 20 editors and directors of Kosovo media to discuss violence in Kosovo. Media representatives presented their 15-point petition of 13 September called "Kosovo Media Against Violence," which had been published and…

UNMIK/PR/354 PRISTINA---Members of the Interim Administrative Council today met some 20 editors and directors of Kosova media to discuss violence in Kosovo. Media representatives presented their 15-point petition of 13 September called “Kosovo Media Against Violence”, which had been published and…