Week of 28 May through 3 June
"No basis" to investigate NATO for bombing of Yugoslavia: UN prosecutor
JUNE 2 -- The prosecutor of the United Nations war crimes tribunals today told the Security Council that there was "no basis" for opening an investigation into allegations that war crimes had been committed by NATO personnel and leaders during the alliance's air campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia last year. FULL STORY >>
Spate of killings of Kosovo Serbs continues
JUNE 2 -- An "extremely disturbing" spate of killings of Kosovo Serbs continued with the murder this morning of two men when the car they were in was blown up by a landmine, according to a UN spokeswoman in Pristina. FULL STORY >>
30,000 Kosovar Albanians returned this year
JUNE 2 -- Approximately 30,000 Kosovar Albanians have returned to Kosovo between January and May 2000, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). FULL STORY >>
28 Political parties register in Kosovo elections
JUNE 2 -- The application period for registration of political parties intending to run in the autumn municipal elections ended yesterday with a total of 28 parties registered, according to the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). FULL STORY >>
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| NATO Secretary-General George Robertson (centre) addressing KTC |
MAY 31 -- Addressing the Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC) today, Lord Robertson, Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), warned that Kosovo risked losing the support of the international community if ethnic violence did not stop. He also expressed concern about the continuing tension in the Presevo valley in Serbia and its implications for peace and stability in the region. FULL STORY >>
Kosovo international postal service resumes
MAY 31 -- An international postal service for letters to and from Kosovo began functioning today. FULL STORY >>
Kosovo leaders, Kouchner, strongly condemn drive-by murder of three Serbs, including 4-year old child
MAY 30 -- The murder late Sunday of three Serbs, one of them a four-year old boy, in a village in south-east Kosovo, was strongly condemned today by the Interim Administrative Council (IAC), the territory's highest policy-making body. Earlier, Dr. Bernard Kouchner, the head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), expressing his revulsion at the murder "in cold blood", said the crime would not go unpunished. FULL STORY >>
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| Participants at conference |
MAY 30 -- More than 250 women attended a conference entitled Women in Elections and the Peace Process held in Pristina on Saturday. FULL STORY >>