Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/317 The Interim Administrative Council endorsed regulations today amending the Kosovo Consolidated Budget for 2000 and on licensing requirements for the import, manufacture, sale and distribution of pharmaceutical products. The regulations will be signed by SRSG Bernard Kouchner pending…

UNMIK/PR/315 PRISTINA— Public health officers have called for Pristina’s public swimming pool to close. The reason is that levels of bacteria levels at Germia are higher than they should be for a pool. No date has been set for the pool to re-open. Health officers say they just have to wait for the…

UNMIK/PR/313 PRISTINA--UNMIK officials have signed an agreement with a group of major mining companies, ITT Kosovo Consortium Ltd, to begin rehabilitation of the Trepca mining and metallurgical complex in northern Kosovo. The agreement marks the start of the second phase of UNMIK's strategy to…

UNMIK/PR/312 In a move to reverse rising levels of atmospheric lead in northern Mitrovica, UNMIK today assumed responsibility for the Zvecan smelter until air pollution control mechanisms are installed and the affected population tested. UNMIK administrators, supported by UNMIK Police and KFOR, took…

UNMIK/PR/311 PRISTINA-SRSG Bernard Kouchner held a town hall meeting today in Vushtrri/Vucitrn to discuss UNMIK’s achievements and how to proceed with Kosovo’s future development. Dr. Kouchner met the people of Vushtrri accompanied by the Municipal Administrator and local leaders, including members…

UNMIK/PR/309 PRISTINA—The SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner today ended his meetings with the non-Albanian and non-Serbian communities, with an assurance that in future these meetings would be held once a month, either in the communities in which they live or in his office. The first meeting was held with…

UNMIK/PR/308 PRISTINA—The Interim Administrative Council (IAC) today endorsed the draft regulation on the Establishment of the Administrative Department of Public Utilities. The Administrative Department of Utilities would handle the overall management oversight and regulation of matters relating to…

UNMIK/PR/307 PRISTINA—SRSG Dr. Bernard Kouchner yesterday appointed an additional 139 judges and prosecutors and 309 lay-judges in Kosovo. With these appointments, the number of local judges and prosecutors in Kosovo is now 405. Several members of minority communities have been also been appointed…

UNMIK/PR/305 PRISTINA—Describing his recent talks with the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mr. Ismail Cem as “fruitful”, SRSG Dr Bernard Kouchner today told the Kosovo Transitional Council that UNMIK was now in a position to better protect the rights of the Turkish community in Kosovo. He said the Turkish…

UNMIK/PR/304 Kosovo's 30 municipalities have been officially identified by UNMIK Regulation 2000/43 "On the Numbers, Names and Boundaries of Municipalities." The regulation, which entered into force on 27 July 2000, stipulates that the area of each municipality and its boundaries shall be delineated…