Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/628 After a three-week summer break, the Interim Administrative Council resumed meeting today, with a briefing from SRSG Hans Haekkerup on his recent meeting with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic and an update on preparations for the 17 November elections. KFOR also described the…

UNMIK/PR/626 PRISTINA - Today in Mitrovica, Jean-Christian Cady, the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General heading Pillar One, Police and Justice, met with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic at the Mitrovica Detention Center to discuss the Kosovo judicial system and the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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/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…

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…

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…