Week of 26 December through 1 January

UN Kosovo head to celebrate new millennium on bridge linking Serb and Albanian communities.
DECEMBER 31 --The head of the UN Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK), Dr Bernard Kouchner, will celebrate the new millennium today on the Mitrovica bridge linking the Serb and Albanian communities of that town.   FULL STORY >>

Security Council concerned over continuing violence in Kosovo.
DECEMBER 30 --Security Council members today expressed their concern over continuing violent incidents in Kosovo and urged the communities there to "take a different approach to reconciliation," Council President Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock of the United Kingdom said after a private formal meeting.   FULL STORY >>

Kosovo begins running multi-ethnic passenger trains.
DECEMBER 29 -- A multi-ethnic train began running this week in Kosovo between Kosovo Polje and Zvechan, with security provided by the UN Interim Administration (UNMIK) police and KFOR, the international peacekeeping force.   FULL STORY >>

"Good progress" made by UN mission in Kosovo but security concerns remain: Secretary-General.
DECEMBER 28 -- United Nations mission in Kosovo has made "good progress" over the past six months in implementing its mandate, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in his latest report to the Security Council released today at UN Headquarters in New York.   FULL STORY >>

UN police arrest murder suspect in Kosovo.
DECEMBER 27 -- United Nations police have arrested an ethnic Albanian man in connection with last month's deadly attack on a Serb family, a spokesperson for the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) said today.   FULL STORY >>