Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/141 Pristina—The Micro Enterprise Bank (MEB), the first private commercial bank to be licensed by the Banking and Payments Authority of Kosovo, opened officially on 24 January. Attending the opening yesterday at the National Theatre were SRSG Bernard Kouchner, Klaus Glaubitt, Chairman of…

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 and strengthening of the Judiciary brings about a new democratic era, where…

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 much-needed electricity. Unit One of Kosovo B, which has now been repaired…

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 those present to adopt a common approach to the housing rehabilitation effort…

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 fifteen out of the 19 originally proposed. Four Departments remain to be…

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 establishment of genuine Kosovo institutions. Representatives of political forces of…

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 will manage Kosovo until elections later this year. Following the sixth…

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 Kosovo, Mr. Mark Franco. These snowplows will be used, as the eight earlier…

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 Council. That agreement explicitly foresees that the KTC may--if a majority of…

UNMIK/PR/130 PRISTINA – Today, the Gender Advisory Unit of UNMIK facilitated for the first time an inter-pillar high level planning meeting on gender issues. Senior officials of UNMIK along with representatives of the four pillars - UNHCR, Civil Administration, OSCE and the European Union -…