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…

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…