Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/638 SRSG Hans Haekkerup today presented members of the Interim Administrative Council with a draft regulation which defines the structure of the executive branch of the provisional institutions of self-government to be formed after general elections on 17 November, 2001. The structures to…

UNMIK/PR/637 In order to provide independent judicial review in cases of extra-judicial detention by Executive Order, SRSG Hans Haekkerup has signed a regulation which will establish a Detention Review Commission. In exceptional circumstances, the SRSG, as the person vested with authority for the…

UNMIK/PR/627 PRISTINA - Starting 22 August 2001, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development (DAFRD) and the Department of Health and Social Welfare (DHSW) will takeover all sanitary, veterinary and phytosanitary control activities from Kosovo Control. In late 1999, Kosovo Control…

UNMIK/PR/636 PRISTINA -- On 6 July 2001 Mr. Sami Lushtaku was suspended from the KPC following his naming on a US Presidential Executive Order issued on 27 June 2001. Under the terms of his suspension he was forbidden to enter KPC facilities and his authorization to carry a weapon was revoked. On 13…

UNMIK/PR/635 PRISTINA – SRSG Hans Haekkerup today briefed members of the Interim Administrative Council (IAC) about his meeting with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic last Friday 24 August. The SRSG said he had constructive talks with Mr. Covic and he briefed on the issues as previously…

UNMIK/PR/633 PRISTINA - The acting DSRSG, Civil Administration, Gerard Fischer, issued the following statement today: A definitive solution has now been found to the vexed question of the appointment of the future General Manager of the Youth, Sports and Cultural Centre. As you may be aware, there…

UNMIK/PR/632 PRISTINA - SRSG Haekkerup has signed a regulation which aims to help stem the flow of minorities from mixed communities in Kosovo and to protect the rights of all who wish to live here. Regulation 2001/17, “On the Registration of Contracts for the Sale of Real Property in Specific…

UNMIK/PR/631 Pristina – The Department of Health and Public Services and the Kosovo Drug Regulatory Authority announce the closing of 55 illegal pharmacies in the Pristina and Gjilane regions. According to Regulation 2000/52 of September2, 2000 signed by Bernard Kouchner, pharmacies operating in…

UNMIK/PR/630 PRISTINA –A large number of members of the Kosovo Transitional Council, which met today after a three week recess, supported SRSG Hans Haekkerup’s initiative of holding talks with the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebosja Covic, to resolve problems of Kosovo and seek his support to get…

UNMIK/PR/629 PRISTINA - SRSG Hans Haekkerup today vehemently condemned the ghastly and horrific killing of five members of a Kosovo Albanian family last night near Gllogavc/Glogovac. “The cold-blooded killing of members of the Hajra family is shocking, monstrous and incomprehensible”, Mr. Haekkerup…