Week of 21 November through 27 November

UN and Macedonian officials agree to ease traffic congestion at Kosovo-Macedonia border.
NOVEMBER 26 -- The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Economic Development and Reconstruction in Kosovo, Joly Dixon, this week met with Macedonian Trade Minister Nikola Gruevski to discuss measures to ease traffic congestion at the border crossing between Kosovo and Macedonia.   FULL STORY >>

Humanitarian agencies set up Task Force to help displaced Kosovars in Serbia.
NOVEMBER 26 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other agencies have set up a Task Force to deal with a looming shortage of accommodation for displaced people from Kosovo in Serbia.   FULL STORY >>

Kouchner, Kosovo political parties and European parliamentarians discuss reconstruction of the Balkans.
NOVEMBER 24 -- Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bernard Kouchner and the heads of Kosovo's major political parties are in Paris today attending an all-day forum on the political and economic reconstruction of the Balkans.   FULL STORY >>

UNMIK signs agreement with German bank to finance rehabilitation of water supply in Kosovo.
NOVEMBER 24 -- The UN Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) will sign an agreement on Friday with the German reconstruction loan bank pledging 9.3 million deutsche marks (approximately $5 million) to rehabilitate water supply systems in five western Kosovo towns.   FULL STORY >>

Kouchner discusses security, progress in Kosovo with US President.
NOVEMBER 23 -- The head of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Dr. Bernard Kouchner, today met with United States President Bill Clinton at Pristina Airport to discuss the progress made by UNMIK and the problems that still remain.   FULL STORY >>

UN officials visit border in a bid to ease traffic.
NOVEMBER 23 -- The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Jock Covey, yesterday visited the Kosovo side of the Kosovo-Macedonia border to investigate ways of unblocking the bottleneck in the flow of humanitarian aid to Kosovo.    FULL STORY >>

UN in Kosovo closes Pristina airport for civilian aircraft.
NOVEMBER 22 -- The UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has announced the temporary closure of Pristina airport to civilian aircraft. The move was recommended by the French investigation team looking into the cause of the World Food Programme plane crash of 12 November.   FULL STORY >>