UN mission investigates possible fraud
by Kosovo energy company
30 April – The United Nations mission in Kosovo today said
it was investigating possible fraud by the province's energy company,
involving €4.5 million (euros) of international aid money
used to import electricity. FULL
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Kosovo: UN mission assists villages damaged
by earthquake
25 April – The United Nations Interim Administration Mission
in Kosovo (UNMIK) today continued to assist the population of
Gnjilane following yesterday's earthquake, in which one person
was killed and 23 hospitalized. FULL
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Former top Yugoslav army officer transferred
from Serbia to UN war crimes tribunal
25 April – A former top officer in the Yugoslav army, wanted
for allegedly leading a campaign of "terror and violence"
in 1999 in Kosovo, was transferred today from Serbia to the detention
unit of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for
the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. FULL
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Kosovo: more needs to be done on security,
economic development, Annan reports
24 April – While the formation of a government in Kosovo
earlier this year after several months of deadlock was an important
step forward, much more needs to be done to create a secure climate
in order to spur economic development, Secretary-General Kofi
Annan says in a new report on the United Nations efforts in the
province. FULL
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Kosovo: UN to set up privatization agency
to help boost economy
18
April – In a bid to support the emergence of a new economy
in Kosovo, the head of the United Nations mission in the province
today announced plans to create a new body to manage the process
of privatization.
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Kosovo: UN refugee agency helping Ashkali
families return to their homes
16 April – In what the United Nations
has called a "major step" in Kosovo's journey to joining
a free and democratic Europe, six Ashkali, or Gypsy, families
are returning today to their homes in the province. FULL
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Citing lack of evidence, UN tribunal releases
Bosnian Serb charged with war crimes
11 April – The United Nations International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today released
a Bosnian Serb charged with multiple counts of crimes against
humanity after the prosecution said it lacked evidence to go to
trial. FULL
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Kosovo: UN Mission chief condemns recent
attacks on UN police
9 April – The head of the United Nations
Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) today condemned Monday’s
attacks on UN police officers during a riot in Mitrovica, saying
this violence only hurt the legitimate interests of the province’s
Serb population.
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