Week of 28 November through 4 December

	Kouchner meets top Albanian officials to discuss reconstruction of Kosovo. DECEMBER 3 -- The Head of the Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Dr. Bernard Kouchner, yesterday met with high-level Albanian Government officials in Tirana to discuss the reconstruction of Kosovo.   FULL STORY >>
Kouchner with Albanian President

Humanitarian agencies distribute "massive" materials to help Kosovars through winter.
DECEMBER 3 -- UN and other aid agencies have distributed "massive" materials including shelter and food to help Kosovars through the winter.    FULL STORY >>

Kouchner meets Macedonia's top officials on strengthening economic cooperation between Kosovo and FYROM, leaves for Albania for talks.
DECEMBER 2 -- Head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Bernard Kouchner this morning held talks with Prime Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Ljubco Georgievski, on re-establishing and strengthening economic ties between Kosovo and Macedonia.   FULL STORY >>

	Kosovo Transitional Council condemns brutal attack on Serb family. DECEMBER 1 -- The Kosovo Transitional Council today condemned the attack early Monday morning on a Serb family in which a man was shot to death and his wife and mother-in-law brutally assaulted by a crowd celebrating a Kosovar Albanian holiday.   FULL STORY >>
Kouchner at ceremony at scene of attack

Second group of police cadets start training in Kosovo.
DECEMBER 1 -- An intensive nine-week training for a second group of 175 police officers has started in Kosovo with students drawn from all over the province and representing Albanians, Serbs and other minorities.   FULL STORY >>

	Kouchner marks the start of vehicle registration in Kosovo. NOVEMBER 30 -- Head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Bernard Kouchner today marked the start of the registration for motor vehicles in Kosovo by adjusting a new licence plate to the first vehicle at the registration centre in Pristina.   FULL STORY >>
Kouchner places first licence plate

Netherlands gives $15 million for the Kosovo budget.
NOVEMBER 30 -- The Dutch government today gave $15 million to support the Kosovo budget for 1999, which will be used to pay for public services and stipends for needy Kosovars.   FULL STORY >>

UNMIK and KFOR strongly condemn attack on Serb family in Kosovo.
NOVEMBER 29 -- Head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Bernard Kouchner today described as "outrageous and cowardly" the attack on three Serb residents of Pristina in the early hours of this morning, which left a 62-year-old man dead and his wife and mother-in-law severely beaten.   FULL STORY >>

Pristina central heating goes into operation, pumping heat into hospitals, schools and homes.
NOVEMBER 29 -- Pristina's central heating plant has been started up four days ahead of schedule, following the early completion of repairs, and is pumping heat into hospitals, schools and homes in the city.   FULL STORY >>

UN Envoy says humanitarian situation in Kosovo and Serbia remains daunting, five months after the war.
NOVEMBER 29 -- The Secretary-General's Envoy to the Balkans, Mr. Carl Bildt, today said the humanitarian situation in Kosovo and Serbia remained a daunting issue, five months after the end of the war.   FULL STORY >>