UN official calls on Belgrade to encourage
Kosovo Serb participation in elections
28 AUGUST – Briefing the Security
Council today on efforts to engage Kosovo Serbs in the forthcoming
province-wide elections, a senior United Nations official called
on Belgrade to encourage Serb participation in the political process.
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Some 900 refugees return to FYR of Macedonia
from Kosovo: UNHCR
28 AUGUST – As NATO started its arms
collection programme in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
around 900 refugees went back to the country from Kosovo yesterday
in the largest return in recent days, according to the United
Nations refugee agency. FULL
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Kosovo: UN mission chief holds 'constructive'
talks with top Serb official
27 AUGUST – Hans Haekkerup, the head
of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK), today held "long and constructive" talks with
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic, the UN Mission said
in Pristina. FULL
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Kosovo: UN enacts regulation to monitor
property sales in mixed neighbourhoods
24 AUGUST – The head of the United
Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Hans
Haekkerup, has signed a new regulation to ensure that all proposed
contracts for property sales in certain mixed neighbourhoods in
Kosovo would be thoroughly reviewed by a municipal administrator
before being approved. FULL
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Kosovo: with FYR of Macedonia border blocked,
UN mission forced to ration fuel
23 AUGUST – The border crossing between
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Kosovo remained
blocked for the sixth straight day, forcing the UN Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) to ration fuel, the UN Mission said
today. FULL
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Kosovo: members of transitional council
back UN dialogue with Serbian leader
22 AUGUST – A large number of members
of the Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC) have backed the initiative
by the head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) of holding talks with a top Serbian official, the UN Mission
said today. FULL
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Kosovo: head of UN mission condemns killing
of Albanian family
21 AUGUST – The head of the United
Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today
condemned what he called the "ghastly and horrific killing"
of five members of a Kosovo Albanian family last night near Gllogavc/Glogovac.
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Kosovo: UN launches probe into allegations
of sexual assault by police officer
20 AUGUST – A police officer serving
with the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK) has been arrested on allegations of sexual assault, a
spokesman for the mission said today. FULL
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Senior UN Kosovo official meets with Deputy
Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
17 AUGUST – A senior United Nations
official in Kosovo today met with the Deputy Prime Minister of
Yugoslavia to discuss the province's judicial system and the ongoing
hunger strike by 16 detainees. FULL
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Kosovo UN chief meets Yugoslav Deputy Prime
Minister for wide-ranging talks
15 AUGUST – The head of the United
Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) today met with
the Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia for wide-ranging talks
on the current situation in the province. FULL
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Kosovo: two UN police officers repatriated
due to 'professional misconduct'
13 AUGUST – The United Nations Interim
Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today said two of its
police officers had been repatriated to their home countries because
of professional misconduct. FULL
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More people returning from Kosovo to FYR
of Macedonia: UN refugee agency
9 AUGUST – The United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today that many people
have continued to return to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
from Kosovo over the past three days, although the pace of the
movements slowed down yesterday. FULL
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UN official in Kosovo condemns attack against
Serb convoy
7 AUGUST – Reacting to this morning's
ambush of a Serb convoy in Kosovo that injured three people, a
top United Nations official today strongly condemned the attack
as a threat to peace in the province. FULL
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