UN mission in Kosovo finalizing
voters' list
31 AUGUST -- The United Nations mission in Kosovo is finalizing
the voters' list in readiness for the 28 October municipal elections,
following the conclusion of the Confirmation, Additions and Challenges
(CAC) period yesterday. FULL
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UN mission in Kosovo asks
for additional troops during elections
30 AUGUST- The United Nations mission in Kosovo has asked for
additional troops during the election period to provide security
to allow voters to vote freely. FULL
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UN mission in Kosovo to
start reburial of war victims
30 AUGUST -- The United Nation mission in Kosovo will this Saturday
assist Kosovar families rebury 83 war victims whose bodies were
recently exhumed by a team of experts from the United Kingdom
working for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia (ICTY), as part of its work to establish evidence of
war crimes. FULL
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International prosecutor
to handle case of hit-and-run driver in Kosovo
30 AUGUST -- The case of two Kosovo Albanian suspects being held
in connection with a hit-and-run car incident, in which one Serbian
child was killed and three others injured, has been turned over
to an international prosecutor and judge. FULL
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UN calls on Kosovo political parties to
help end violence against minorities
29 AUGUST--The United Nations mission in Kosovo and the German
Government today called for action from Kosovo's Albanian politicians
to end violence against the province's Serbian communities. FULL
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Kosovo Serbs hold peaceful
meeting to protest insecurity
29 AUGUST -- Kosovo Serbs yesterday held a meeting in Gracanica
to protest the security situation for Serb communities in light
of the recent incident in Skulanovo in which a hit-and-run driver
ploughed through a group of Serb children, killing one and injuring
three others. FULL
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UN envoy condemns attacks
on Kosovo Serbian community
28 AUGUST -- The head of the United Nations in Kosovo, Dr. Bernard
Kouchner, today condemned a series of incidents against the local
Serbian community that left two dead and a number injured. FULL
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Ten Kosovo Albanians arrested
in anti-crime operation
25 AUGUST -- A large-scale operation to crack down on crime in
Kosovo has led to the arrest of 10 Kosovo Albanians for taking
part in a criminal association and for illegal possession of weapons,
the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
reported today. FULL
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UN refugee agency reports
rise in mandatory returns of Kosovars from Western Europe
25 AUGUST -- The rate of mandatory returns of Kosovo refugees
from Western Europe and other countries has increased, getting
close to 500 per week, the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) said today. FULL
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As elections near, violence
persists in Kosovo, UN official tells Security Council
24 AUGUST -- Concerns are growing over what is perceived to be
politically associated violence in Kosovo in the run up to crucial
municipal elections, a senior United Nations official told the
Security Council today. FULL
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Containing violence "the
primary challenge" in Kosovo, says UN report
23 AUGUST-- Faced with continuing inter-ethnic tension, the primary
challenge for the international peacekeeping force in Kosovo,
KFOR, is containing the violence and defusing potential flashpoints,
according to the latest report of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
to the Security Council. FULL
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Identification of exhumed
bodies in Kosovo under way
23 AUGUST -- The identification of the remains of 176 bodies exhumed
by forensic experts from unmarked graves in a city cemetery in
Kosovo is under way, UNMIK said in a statement issued today. FULL
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Two Kosovar Albanians
shot at checkpoint; one dies
22 AUGUST -- A soldier of the international peacekeeping troops,
KFOR, on Monday killed one Albanian man and wounded another at
a checkpoint in the north of the territory, near Mitrovica. The
soldier fired to protect his officer who was "seriously assaulted"
by the two men during an altercation, KFOR spokesman Major Scott
Slaten said in a statement issued today. FULL
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Bomb explosion damages
UN building in Kosovo
18 AUGUST -- An explosion rocked a United Nations building in
Pristina, Kosovo, this morning, slightly injuring one woman and
causing damage to several political party offices. FULL
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UN mission in Kosovo sets
stage for municipal self-government
18 AUGUST -- The head of the United Nations Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Dr. Bernard Kouchner, has signed into
law a regulation on the self-government of municipalities in Kosovo,
laying the foundation for local democracy. FULL
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Kosovo's Transition Council
discusses Kosovo Protection Corps
18 AUGUST -- The Kosovo Transitional Council today was given a
detailed briefing on the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) by officials
of the UN mission and the commander of the KPC, General Agim Ceku,
according to a statement issued by the United Nations Interim
Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). FULL
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UN launches panel to regularize
property rights in Kosovo
AUGUST 17 -- The acting Executive Director of the United Nations
Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Klaus Toepfer, today launched
a dispute-resolution body in Kosovo to regularize property rights
in the province. FULL
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UN envoy says lead smelter
in Mitrovica needs "major repairs"
AUGUST 16 -- The head of the United Nations Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Dr. Bernard Kouchner, today said the
Zvecan lead smelter in northern Mitrovica will need "major
repairs" before it can resume production. FULL
STORY >>
Kosovo Transitional Council
"outraged" at deaths of Kosovo Albanians in Serbia jails
AUGUST 16 -- The Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC) today voiced
its outrage over reports of two recent deaths of Kosovo Albanians
in Serbian prisons and reiterated its demand that all persons
from Kosovo jailed in Serbia be immediately handed over to the
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).
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Kosovo's Interim Administrative
Council endorses budget changes
AUGUST 15 -- Kosovo's Interim Administrative Council (IAC) today
endorsed a regulation amending Kosovo's current budget, so as
to re-allocate resources to accommodate "emerging pressures"
on the budget, the United Nations Interim Administration Mission
in Kosovo (UNMIK) said in a statement. FULL
STORY >>
UNMIK signs agreement
with consortium to revive Trepca industrial complex
AUGUST 14 -- Officials of the UN Interim Administration in Kosovo
(UNMIK) have signed an agreement with a group of major mining
companies, ITT Kosovo Consortium Ltd., to begin rehabilitation
of the Trepca mining and metallurgical complex in northern Kosovo.
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New social assistance
payment starts
AUGUST 14 -- Some of Kosovo's poorest people are starting to receive
regular financial assistance from the Department of Social Welfare,
which is paying as much as 120 DM a month to families in which
no one is able to earn a living. FULL
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To safeguard health of
Kosovars, UN mission takes control of polluting smelter
AUGUST 14 -- In a move to reverse rising levels of atmospheric
lead in Northern Mitrovica, the UN Interim Administration Mission
in Kosovo (UNMIK) today assumed responsibility for the smelter
in Zvecan until air pollution control mechanisms are installed
and the affected population tested. FULL
STORY >>
Municipal elections in
Kosovo to be held on 28 October
AUGUST 12 -- The United Nations Interim Administration Mission
in Kosovo (UNMIK) has announced that Kosovo-wide municipal elections
will be held on Saturday, 28 October. FULL
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UN mission in Kosovo welcomes
access to detained staff
AUGUST 11 -- The United Nations Interim Administration Mission
in Kosovo (UNMIK) today said it was satisfied that finally counsellor
access has been granted to the four people detained in the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) since 1 August, including two members
of UNMIK. FULL
STORY >>
Kosovo's Interim Administrative
Council endorses body regulating public utilities
AUGUST 11 -- Kosovo's Interim Administrative Council (IAC) today
endorsed the draft regulation on the establishment of the Department
of Public Utilities, which will handle the overall management,
oversight and regulation of public utilities in Kosovo. FULL
STORY >>
European agency launches
road repair programme in Kosovo
AUGUST 11 -- The European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR) has
launched a road repair programme, which is aimed at bringing Kosovo's
roads up to European standards, the European Union said today.
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UN official demands that
Belgrade provide access to detained staff members
AUGUST 10 -- A United Nations official today demanded that the
authorities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia grant the Organization
access to two detained members of the UN Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). FULL
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UN appoints new judges,
prosecutors for Kosovo
AUGUST 10 -- The head of the United Nations Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Dr. Bernard Kouchner, has appointed
an additional 139 judges and prosecutors and 309 lay judges as
part of his continuing efforts to improve the functioning of the
judicial system in Kosovo. FULL
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UN welcomes verdict on
Kosovo Serb family accused of murdering ethnic Albanian
AUGUST 9 -- The United Nations Interim Administration Mission
in Kosovo (UNMIK) today said it welcomed a verdict in which a
Serb family accused of murdering an ethnic Albanian was yesterday
acquitted of murder but found quilty of weapons possession. FULL
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UN mission appoints a
media commissioner in Kosovo
AUGUST 9 --The head of the United Nations Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Dr. Bernard Kouchner has named Simon
Haselock of the United Kingdom as Temporary Media Commissioner,
with powers to monitor and regulate the operations of the media,
UNMIK announced today. FULL
STORY >>
UN missions in a better
position to protect Turkish minorities in Kosovo
AUGUST 9 -- The United Nations Interim Administration Mission
in Kosovo (UNMIK) was now in a better position to protect the
rights of the Turkish community in Kosovo, following recent talks
with the Turkish Foreign Minister, said today the head of UNMIK,
Dr. Bernard Kouchner. FULL
STORY >>
UN launches health campaign
against lead exposure in Kosovo
AUGUST 9 -- The United Nations Interim Administrative Mission
in Kosovo (UNMIK) has launched a public health campaign to address
rising levels of lead detected in the air and blood of people
living and working in the Mitrovica area. FULL
STORY >>
Elections Commission in
Kosovo imposes limits on campaign financing
AUGUST 8 -- The Central Elections Commission in Kosovo has put
a limit to the amount of money political parties and candidates
may spend contesting for the forthcoming municipal elections.
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UN mission in Kosovo appoints
new administrator for Pristina
AUGUST 7 -- The United Nations Interim Administration Mission
in Kosovo (UNMIK) today announced the appointment of Mr. Jean
Guinard, a retired French general, as the new Regional Administrator
for Pristina. FULL
STORY >>
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