Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/140 Prishtina/Pristina – One hundred thirty-seven judges, prosecutors and lay judges for the Pristina region were sworn in today by UNMIK in response to the urgent need of providing judicial services. “The opening…

UNMIK/PR/138 PRISTINA--One unit of Kosovo's major power plant, which has been out of operation and under repair for two weeks, was restarted today and is providing Kosovo with 220 megawatts for a total of 430 megawatts of…

UNMIK/PR/136 The Interim Administrative Council for Kosovo today allocated an additional nine administrative departments to political parties and independents bringing the total number of departments allocated so far to…

UNMIK/PR/137 Pristina—On Thursday, 13 January, UNMIK held a meeting of the various international donors and agencies involved in the efforts to repair and reconstruct houses in Kosovo. At the meeting, UNMIK strongly urged…

UNMIK/PR/135 PRISTINA—Bernard Kouchner, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, has signed a regulation on the Kosovo Joint Interim Administrative Structure, in order to help administer Kosovo until the…

UNMIK/PR/134 PRISTINA--The Interim Administrative Council for Kosovo today named the first co-heads for five of 19 departments by which the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) and Kosovar political leaders…

UNMIK/PR/133 PRISTINA – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Bernard Kouchner, today received a donation of 12 snowplows from the European Union, which were presented by the Director of the EU Task Force in…

UNMIK/PR/132 PRISTINA--The Kosovo Transitional Council met this morning to continue discussing the question of its enlargement, in light of the Agreement of 15 December which established the Joint Interim Administration…

UNMIK/PR/129 PRISTINA--At its sixth meeting, held today, the Kosovo Interim Administrative Council (IAC) allocated seven out of 19 proposed administrative departments to political parties which will co-head them with UNMIK…

UNMIK/PR/131 Pristina- Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, together with a group of children, accepted today a gift of eleven tons of toys, sport equipment and educational materials from UNESCO…