Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/173 PRISTINA--The Interim Administrative Council today named co-heads for the departments of Culture, Youth, Sport and Democratic Governance & Civil Society Support. The IAC also divided the former department of…

UNMIK/PR/172 PRISTINA--Firefighters have brought under control a blaze which consumed the Boro and Ramiz Sports center in central Pristina overnight. By noon today, some 75 firefighters from seven international units…

UNMIK/PR/170 PRISTINA-The Interim Administrative Council today agreed to create a professional civil service in Kosovo which will remain when the administration is handed over to the people and representatives of Kosovo and…

UNMIK/PR/169 Oliver Ivanovic: It was a hard discussion, more than one hour and now I can say we are exactly at the beginning of some kind of negotiations. We are trying to improve the situation and make the tensions lower and…

UNMIK/PR/168 PRISTINA--The Kosovo Transitional Council today urged the international community, and the United Nations Security Council in particular, to put maximum pressure on Belgrade authorities to release all detainees…

UNMIK/PR/201 Pristina – On Saturday, March 25th, the UNMIK Department of Education & Science will host a UNICEF-sponsored ‘Special Education’ Workshop for local and international educators at the Faculty of Philology…

UNMIK/PR/166 Pristina--The Interim Administrative Council today issued the following statement, which was read to the press by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bernard Kouchner, following the IAC's regular…

UNMIK/PR/167 PRISTINA--On the occasion of the start of the first training course for the Kosovo Protection Corps, SRSG Bernard Kouchner reminded the KPC leaders of their responsibilities in building a new Kosovo society. The…

UNMIK/PR/164 PRISTINA--At the close of its regular meeting today, the Interim Administration Council (IAC) issued the following statement: "The IAC urges the political parties to show responsibility and to contribute to…

UNMIK/PR/163 In yesterday's press briefing notes, we incorrectly referred to the title of the new top UNMIK police official in Mitrovica as 'regional commissioner.' Dr. Kouchner has in fact appointed a new police Regional…