Week of 3 September through 9 September

Kosovo's Interim Administrative Council issues statement against violence
8 SEPTEMBER -- Kosovo's Interim Administrative Council (IAC), today issued a statement reiterating its abhorrence of any kind of violence. The statement comes on the eve of a 'Day Against Violence' to be observed tomorrow throughout Kosovo.  FULL STORY >>

UN to fly out 35 Kosovo children for specialized medical treatment
8 SEPTEMBER -- The head of the United Nations mission in Kosovo, Dr. Bernard Kouchner, will tomorrow accompany 35 local children travelling for specialized medical treatment in France.  FULL STORY >>

Kosovo swears in new international prosecutor and judge
8 SEPTEMBER -- The United Nations mission in Kosovo today swore in Gary Garland of the United Kingdom as a new international prosecutor for Pristina and Ingo Risch of Germany as an international judge for Prizren.  FULL STORY >>

UN mission rejects Belgrade-organized elections in Kosovo as "farce"
6 SEPTEMBER-- The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) will not participate in, support, organize, or in any other way condone or legitimize the elections organized by Belgrade in Kosovo, the head of the UN Mission said today.  FULL STORY >>

UN in Kosovo dismisses director of detention centre following escape of prisoners
5 SEPTEMBER -- The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has dismissed the director of the Mitrovica Detention Centre from where 15 Kosovo Serbs, most of them charged with war crimes, escaped over the weekend, UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said today in New York.   FULL STORY >>

Kosovo hosts seminar on international humanitarian law
5 SEPTEMBER -- A two-day seminar opened in Pristina today to introduce the Kosovo judiciary to international humanitarian law, the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) said in a press statement.  FULL STORY >>