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Kouchner signs regulation on Kosovo Protection Corps
UNMIK/PR/49 PRISTINA—In a ceremony last night at KFOR headquarters, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner, signed a regulation establishing the Kosovo Protection Corps, as a civilian…
UNMIK Customs Service Installed on Albanian Border
UNMIK/PR/47 PRISTINA—The UNMIK Customs Service began operations on the border with Albania today, collecting duties on goods imported into Kosovo through the Vermice/Vrbnica border crossing point. This is the second border…
Kosovo gets Power Plan for Winter
UNMIK/PR/46 * note correction to para 5. PRISTINA—Kosovo should have enough power to supply electricity and heating through the winter. A strategy aimed at securing a reliable power supply was adopted this week by the…
SRSG Kouchner Meets in Moscow with Ivanov
UNMIK/PR/44 SRSG Bernard Kouchner was in Moscow yesterday where he met for two-and-a- half hours with Foreign Minister Ivanov of the Russian Federation. The talks, which were frank and lively, focussed on the implementation…
SRSG Kouchner Appoints Highest Court
UNMIK/PR/43 PRISTINA— Bernard Kouchner, the Special Representative of the Secretary General and head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, appointed five judges to the Ad Hoc Court of Final Appeal and two…
First Meeting of Economic Policy Advisory Board
UNMIK/PR/42 Pristina – The Kosovo Economic Policy Advisory Board held its first meeting yesterday afternoon, chaired by Ajri Begu and Scott Brown. During the course of the discussion it established initial working groups in…
Kosovo Police Service School
UNMIK/PR/39 PRISTINA – The United Nations Mission in Kosovo has completed the selection process for the first class of 200 students for the Kosovo Police Service School, marking a important step for local policing in the…
Kouchner signs regulation on foreign currency
UNMIK/PR/40 Pristina – Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary General, today signed a regulation allowing the use of foreign currency for payments and contracts in Kosovo. “This is an important first step…