Week of 9 January through 15 January
Kosovo anticipates warmer weekend with planned start-up of power plants.
JANUARY 14 -- Kosovo is anticipating a warmer weekend with the planned start-up of Kosovo A power plant's Unit 3 which should start producing up to 110 megawatts of electricity sometime tonight, the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) said today. FULL STORY >>
Nearly 300 judges to be sworn in next week in Kosovo.
JANUARY 14 -- The UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) will next week swear in 297 judges and prosecutors, as well as 238 lay assessors. FULL STORY >>
Kosovo Protection Corps to be formally established on 19 January.
JANUARY 14 -- The Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC), created as a transformation of the former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), will be formally established on 19 January when 43 senior Corps leaders will be sworn in, the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) said today in a statement. FULL STORY >>
Over one thousand refugees return to Kosovo in the last four days.
JANUARY 14 -- In the last four days 1,008 refugees have returned to Kosovo via flights into Skopje airport, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today. FULL STORY >>
UN envoy, Kosovo Transitional Council, condemn murder of Bosniak family.
JANUARY 12 -- Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo, Bernard Kouchner and the Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC) today condemned the brutal murder of four members of a Bosniak family in Prizren on Monday. FULL STORY >>
Pristina airport reopens for civilian traffic.
JANUARY 12 -- Kosovo's Pristina Slatina airport reopened yesterday for civilian aircraft, nearly two months after it was closed following the crash of a UN chartered plane on 12 November killing all on board. FULL STORY >>
Kosovo Transitional Council discusses expansion of its membership.
JANUARY 12 - The Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC) today discussed its own expansion to include additional minority members, representatives of smaller Kosovo Albanian political parties, as well as members of civil society including women. FULL STORY >>
UN mission in Kosovo takes emergency measures as fire shuts down main power plant.
JANUARY 11 -- The UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today began taking emergency measures to deal with a power shortage following a fire last night that shut down Kosovo's main power plant. FULL STORY >>
Kosovo council allocates administrative departments to political parties.
JANUARY 11 -- The Kosovo Interim Administration Council today allocated seven out of 19 proposed administrative departments to political parties which will co-head them with officials of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), as part of a joint interim administration. FULL STORY >>
UNESCO donates 11 tonnes of toys and educational materials for Kosovo children.
JANUARY 11 -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has donated 11 tonnes of toys, sport equipment and educational materials to children in Kosovo, the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) said today. FULL STORY >>
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Kosovo importing more electricity to meet power shortfall. JANUARY 10 -- Kosovo yesterday began importing about 100 megawatts of electricity from Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece and Serbia to help meet continuing shortages. Greece alone is supplying 60 megawatts a day. FULL STORY >> |
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UN agency operates inter-community bus shuttle in divided Kosovo city.
JANUARY 10 -- The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) staff in the divided Kosovo city of Mitrovica operated an inter-community bus service over the holiday weekend, giving more than 500 Albanians and Serbs a chance to attend religious services and to visit Muslim and Christian graveyards on opposite sides of the River Ibar. FULL STORY >>