Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/641 PRISTINA - SRSG Hans Haekkerup today expressed his outrage over the murder of a member of the Kosovo Police Service and the severe injuring of a second KPS officer, attacked as they were attempting to stop a…

UNMIK/PR/634 PRISTINA – SRSG Hans Haekkerup met today Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic. They held long and constructive talks that covered a number of issues. During the meeting they met with representatives of the…

UNMIK/PR/639 PRISTINA – The Department of Education and Science Co-Head Michael Daxner presented the plans for the future of education in Kosovo to the KTC today. The package of reforms, which are outlined in the draft…

UNMIK/PR/638 SRSG Hans Haekkerup today presented members of the Interim Administrative Council with a draft regulation which defines the structure of the executive branch of the provisional institutions of self-government to…

UNMIK/PR/637 In order to provide independent judicial review in cases of extra-judicial detention by Executive Order, SRSG Hans Haekkerup has signed a regulation which will establish a Detention Review Commission. In…

UNMIK/PR/627 PRISTINA - Starting 22 August 2001, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development (DAFRD) and the Department of Health and Social Welfare (DHSW) will takeover all sanitary, veterinary and…

UNMIK/PR/636 PRISTINA -- On 6 July 2001 Mr. Sami Lushtaku was suspended from the KPC following his naming on a US Presidential Executive Order issued on 27 June 2001. Under the terms of his suspension he was forbidden to…

UNMIK/PR/635 PRISTINA – SRSG Hans Haekkerup today briefed members of the Interim Administrative Council (IAC) about his meeting with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic last Friday 24 August. The SRSG said he had…

UNMIK/PR/633 PRISTINA - The acting DSRSG, Civil Administration, Gerard Fischer, issued the following statement today: A definitive solution has now been found to the vexed question of the appointment of the future General…

UNMIK/PR/632 PRISTINA - SRSG Haekkerup has signed a regulation which aims to help stem the flow of minorities from mixed communities in Kosovo and to protect the rights of all who wish to live here. Regulation 2001/17, “On…