UN officials meet with
protesting Kosovo bank employees.
JANUARY 31 -- UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
officials today met with representatives of the newly established
"Counsel of Protests", representing employees of the
former National Bank of Kosovo, who allege that UNMIK has violated
their rights to work. FULL
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Vehicle registration in
Kosovo to resume.
31 JANAUARY -- The temporary registration of motor vehicles in
Kosovo resumes tomorrow, nearly six weeks after it was closed
to assess the efficiency of the exercise and prepare the launching
of registration centres outside the capital, Pristina. FULL
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UN mission in Kosovo reports
progress in work on new administrative structures.
JANUARY 28 -- Kosovo's Interim Administrative Council today named
a Kosovar engineer to co-head the Department of Post & Telecommunications
with a United Nations official. FULL
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Kosovo's wheat harvest
expected to be lower than pre-1990 levels: FAO.
JANUARY 28 -- Kosovo's winter wheat harvest will be lower than
the pre-1990 levels and similar to 1997/98 at 2.75 tonnes per
hectare, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today
in a report issued in Rome.
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Expanded Kosovo Transitional
Council to be inaugurated on 9 February.
JANUARY 26 -- The new expanded Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC)
will be inaugurated on 9 February, the UN Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) announced today. The KTC is the highest
level political consultative group to the UN mission. FULL
STORY >>
Kosovo's first tax inspectors
sworn in.
JANUARY 26 -- The first 34 tax inspectors in post-conflict Kosovo
were sworn in today after graduating from a rigorous one-week
training programme. FULL
STORY >>
Kouchner to visit Japan.
JANUARY 26 -- Dr. Bernard Kouchner, the head of UN Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), leaves tomorrow for Japan to discuss
additional funding for the budget. FULL
STORY >>
Serbs could join Interim
Administrative Council within 12 days: Kouchner.
JANUARY 25 -- Serb community representatives plan to join the
Interim Administrative Council (IAC) in 10 to 12 days, Dr. Bernard
Kouchner, the head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in
Kosovo (UNMIK), told journalists today in Pristina. FULL
STORY >>
Co-heads for three more
administrative departments in Kosovo named.
JANUARY 25 -- The Interim Administrative Council (IAC) today named
co-heads for three more administrative departments in Kosovo,
the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) announced
today. FULL
STORY >>
Kouchner meets Kosovo
local leaders to discuss security and reconstruction.
JANUARY 24 -- The head of the UN Interim Administration Mission
in Kosovo (UNMIK), Dr. Bernard Kouchner, has met with local Serbian
and Albanian leaders and reassured them that steps were being
taken to normalize life in Kosovo and make the territory a better
place for all its inhabitants. FULL
STORY >>
Over 130 judges and prosecutors
sworn in by UN mission in Kosovo.
JANUARY 24 -- One hundred thirty-seven judges, prosecutors and
lay judges were sworn in today by the UN Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), in response to the urgent need of providing
judicial services. FULL
STORY >>
Kosovo budget for 2000
set at $299 million.
JANUARY 21 -- A budget of 562 million deutsche marks (about $299
million) in expenditures and revenues has been set for the calendar
year 2000, the Chief of Kosovo's Central Fiscal Authority, Mr.
Alan Pearson, announced today in Pristina. FULL
STORY >>
Kosovo Protection Corps
leaders sworn in.
JANUARY 21 -- Top leaders of the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC)
were sworn in during a ceremony today at UN Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Headquarters. FULL
STORY >>
UN refugee agency Chief
of Mission in Kosovo dies.
JANUARY 21 -- The UN High Commission for Refugees Chief of Mission
in Kosovo, Mr. David Riley died on Wednesday in his apartment
in Pristina, the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
said today.
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Outstanding issues on
Kosovo Protection Corps "ironed out": UN mission.
JANUARY 19 -- Outstanding issues on the establishment of the Kosovo
Protection Corps (KPC) have been "ironed out", the UN
Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) said today. FULL
STORY >>
Interim Administrative
Council allocates nine additional departments.
JANUARY 18 -- The Interim Administrative Council for Kosovo (IAC)
today allocated an additional nine administrative departments
to political parties and Independents, bringing the total number
of departments allocated so far to 15 out of the 19 originally
proposed. FULL
STORY >>
Kouchner tells Interim
Administrative Council that level of violence in Kosovo is "unacceptable".
JANUARY 18 -- Special Representative of the Secretary-General
in Kosovo, Dr. Bernard Kouchner today told the Interim Administrative
Council that the level of violence in the province continues to
be "unacceptable".
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UNMIK calls for a common
approach to housing reconstruction in Kosovo.
JANUARY 18 -- The UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) has strongly urged donors and agencies involved in the
reconstruction of houses in Kosovo to adopt a common approach,
so as to make the best use of limited resources. FULL
STORY >>
Kouchner signs regulation
setting up the Kosovo Joint Interim Administrative Structure.
JANUARY 17-- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General,
Dr Bernard Kouchner has signed a regulation on the Kosovo Joint
Interim Administrative Structure (JIAS). FULL
STORY >>
Kosovo hit by power shortage,
as Serbia cuts off supply.
JANUARY 17 -- Kosovo's electricity supply dropped to 205 megawatts
-- just over a third of minimum requirements -- following a power
cut last night by Serbia which lasted for only two hours but affected
local production of electricity. FULL
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KFOR expresses shock over
the murder of a Kosovo female child by one of its members.
JANUARY 17 -- The Commander of the international peacekeeping
force in Kosovo (KFOR), General Klaus Reinhardt has said he was
"deeply shocked" that one of its members may have been
involved in the murder of a young Kosovo girl whose body was found
last Thursday in the town of Vitina. FULL
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Kosovo anticipates warmer
weekend with planned start-up of power plants.
JANUARY 14 -- Kosovo is anticipating a warmer weekend with the
planned start-up of Kosovo A power plant's Unit 3 which should
start producing up to 110 megawatts of electricity sometime tonight,
the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) said today.
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Nearly 300 judges to be
sworn in next week in Kosovo.
JANUARY 14 -- The UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) will next week swear in 297 judges and prosecutors, as
well as 238 lay assessors. FULL
STORY >>
Kosovo Protection Corps
to be formally established on 19 January.
JANUARY 14 -- The Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC), created as a
transformation of the former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), will
be formally established on 19 January when 43 senior Corps leaders
will be sworn in, the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) said today in a statement. FULL
STORY >>
Over one thousand refugees
return to Kosovo in the last four days.
JANUARY 14 -- In the last four days 1,008 refugees have returned
to Kosovo via flights into Skopje airport, the UN High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR) said today. FULL
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UN envoy, Kosovo Transitional
Council, condemn murder of Bosniak family.
JANUARY 12 -- Special Representative of the Secretary-General
in Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner and the Kosovo Transitional Council
(KTC) today condemned the brutal murder of four members of a Bosniak
family in Prizren on Monday. FULL
STORY >>
Pristina airport reopens
for civilian traffic.
JANUARY 12 -- Kosovo's Pristina Slatina airport reopened yesterday
for civilian aircraft, nearly two months after it was closed following
the crash of a UN chartered plane on 12 November killing all on
board. FULL
STORY >>
Kosovo Transitional Council
discusses expansion of its membership.
JANUARY 12 - The Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC) today discussed
its own expansion to include additional minority members, representatives
of smaller Kosovo Albanian political parties, as well as members
of civil society including women. FULL
STORY >>
UN mission in Kosovo takes
emergency measures as fire shuts down main power plant.
JANUARY 11 -- The UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) today began taking emergency measures to deal with a power
shortage following a fire last night that shut down Kosovo's main
power plant. FULL
STORY >>
Kosovo council allocates
administrative departments to political parties.
JANUARY 11 -- The Kosovo Interim Administration Council today
allocated seven out of 19 proposed administrative departments
to political parties which will co-head them with officials of
the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), as part
of a joint interim administration. FULL
STORY >>
UNESCO donates 11 tonnes
of toys and educational materials for Kosovo children.
JANUARY 11 -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) has donated 11 tonnes of toys, sport equipment
and educational materials to children in Kosovo, the UN Interim
Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) said today. FULL
STORY >>
Kosovo importing more
electricity to meet power shortfall.
JANUARY 10 -- Kosovo yesterday began importing about 100 megawatts
of electricity from Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Greece and Serbia to help meet continuing shortages. Greece alone
is supplying 60 megawatts a day. FULL
STORY >>
UN agency operates inter-community
bus shuttle in divided Kosovo city.
JANUARY 10 -- The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) staff
in the divided Kosovo city of Mitrovica operated an inter-community
bus service over the holiday weekend, giving more than 500 Albanians
and Serbs a chance to attend religious services and to visit Muslim
and Christian graveyards on opposite sides of the River Ibar.
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Kosovo joint council discusses
creation of administrative departments.
JANUARY 5 -- Members of the Interim Administration Council (IAC)
in Kosovo discussed yesterday the allocation of 19 departments
to be co-administered by the UN mission and Kosovar leaders, the
UN in Pristina said Tuesday.
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UN envoy and Kosovo leaders
visit power plants.
JANUARY 4 -- Head of the UN Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK),
Dr. Bernard Kouchner and members of the Interim Administrative
Council (IAC) today visited the Kosovo power plants to see progress
being made to restore electricity in the territory. FULL
STORY >>
UN Kosovo head calls
for the healing of wounds of war.
JANUARY 4 -- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General
in Kosovo, Dr. Bernard Kouchner has urged Kosovars to begin the
new millennium with the process of healing the wounds of war which
"are still so fresh.
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