Kosovars
will go to polls in November, UN envoy says
31 August – The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo
announced today that municipal, assembly and mayoral elections
will be held on 17 November in the Serbian province administered
by the United Nations since 1999. FULL
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UN mission
starts process for new local elections in Kosovo
16 August – The United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
today kick started the process to conduct new local elections
in the province, which the world body has run since western
forces drove out Yugoslav troops in 1999 amid ethnic fighting.
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Ban
Ki-moon endorses new initiative on determining Kosovo’s
future status
1 August – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed
an agreement to have a troika comprised of the European Union,
Russian Federation and United States lead further negotiations
on the future status of Kosovo, the Serbian province administered
by the United Nations since 1999. FULL
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