Week of 30 July through 5 August

Three Serb prisoners charged with war crimes escape in North Mitrovica
AUGUST 4 -- Three Serb prisoners charged with war crimes have escaped from a hospital in North Mitrovica, the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) announced today.  FULL STORY >>

UNHCR voices concern over deportation of Kosovo ethnic Roma from Germany
AUGUST 4 -- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today expressed concern over the continued deportations from Germany of members of Kosovo's ethnic Roma minority.  FULL STORY >>

Kosovo's Interim Administrative Council condemns recent spate of violence
AUGUST 4 -- Kosovo's Interim Administrative Council (IAC) today condemned the recent spate of violence in the province, which on Wednesday alone claimed the lives of six people.  FULL STORY >>

Six killed in Kosovo in three separate attacks
AUGUST 3 -- Six people were killed in three separate incidents in Kosovo yesterday, a United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) spokesperson confirmed today.   FULL STORY >>

UN mission in Kosovo drafts regulation on trafficking of women
AUGUST 2 -- A working group of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has come up with "a very early draft" regulation on the trafficking of women, based on the former Yugoslav law and other laws in different countries, the Department of Democratic Governance and Civil Society told journalists today in Pristina.   FULL STORY >>

Serb leader joins international group assisting Serbs to return to Kosovo
JULY 31 -- The leader of the Serb National Council in Mitrovica, Oliver Ivanovic, today took part for the first time in the regular meeting of the Joint Committee on Returns (JCR), an international group formed in May to assist Serbs to return to Kosovo.  FULL STORY >>