Week of 30 January through 5 February

Ethnic violence erupts in Kosovo, leaving at least four dead.
FEBRUARY 4 -- Ethnic violence that erupted yesterday in Kosovo's northern city of Mitrovica has left at least four dead and 20 injured, the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) reported today.   FULL STORY >>

Four administrative departments formally established in Kosovo.
FEBRUARY 4 -- Kosovo's Interim Administrative Council continued the build-up of the Joint Administrative Structure (JIAS) by formally establishing today the first four administrative departments of JIAS, under which Kosovars share the administration of the province with the UN.   FULL STORY >>

Secretary-General condemns attack on United Nations bus in Kosovo.
FEBRUARY 3 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on all the people of Kosovo to join him in denouncing the "heinous" attack on a United Nations bus, in which two people were killed yesterday.    FULL STORY >>

United Nations bus in Kosovo hit by rocket fire.
FEBRUARY 2 -- A United Nations bus in Kosovo today came under a grenade attack that killed two passengers and injured three, according to preliminary reports from Pristina.    FULL STORY >>

UN police chief in Kosovo says more resources are needed to fight serious crime.
FEBRUARY 2 --Murders have dropped dramatically in Kosovo but more resources were needed to fight serious crimes, including attempted murder and hate crimes, the chief of the United Nations police told a press briefing in at UN Headquarters in New York today.    FULL STORY >>

Setting up of Kosovo joint interim administration "on track", UN official says.
FEBRUARY 1 -- The setting up of the new joint interim administration in Kosovo continues, despite a delay in dissolving a parallel body, the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) said in a statement today.    FULL STORY >>

UN officials meet with protesting Kosovo bank employees.
JANUARY 31 -- UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) officials today met with representatives of the newly established "Counsel of Protests", representing employees of the former National Bank of Kosovo, who allege that UNMIK has violated their rights to work.   FULL STORY >>

Vehicle registration in Kosovo to resume.
31 JANAUARY -- The temporary registration of motor vehicles in Kosovo resumes tomorrow, nearly six weeks after it was closed to assess the efficiency of the exercise and prepare the launching of registration centres outside the capital, Pristina.   FULL STORY >>