Week of 10 September through 16 September
Deadly acid leak reaches River Ibar in Kosovo
15 SEPTEMBER -- There has been "a significant leak" of the deadly acid spilling out of the Trepca industrial plant in southern Mitrovica in Kosovo, which has now reached the Ibar River, the United Nations mission in Kosovo said today. FULL STORY >>
Local elections planned for October crucial test for Kosovars, says UN envoy
15 SEPTEMBER -- The most important event facing the people of Kosovo in the near future was the local elections planned by the United Nations on 28 October, the UN envoy in Kosovo said yesterday. FULL STORY >>
Kosovo needs to establish democracy to attract investors, says UN envoy
14 SEPTEMBER -- The international community needs to see tolerance and democracy established in Kosovo in order to invest in the province, the head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) said yesterday. FULL STORY >>
UN to launch competition to instil human rights values in Kosovo
14 SEPTEMBER -- The United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) will tomorrow launch a Kosovo-wide school competition aimed at instilling human rights values in the province. FULL STORY >>
UN personnel in Kosovo battles deadly acid leak at Trepca complex
13 SEPTEMBER -- More than 130 United Nations personnel and international peacekeeping (KFOR) troops in Kosovo battled through the night to contain a deadly acid leak at the Trepca industrial plant in south Mitrovica. FULL STORY >>
Kosovo Transitional Council joins UN envoy in condemning murder of Rexhep Luci
13 SEPTEMBER -- The Kosovo Transitional Council (KTC) today joined the United Nations envoy Bernard Kouchner in condemning the killing of Rexhep Luci, the respected Kosovo Albanian architect who wrote the Pristina city urban plan. FULL STORY >>
UN condemns murder of leading architect in Kosovo
12 SEPTEMBER -- The United Nations mission in Kosovo today strongly condemned the murder last night of Rexhep Luci, a respected Kosovar Albanian architect and former director of the Department of Urban Development, Planning and Reconstruction of Pristina municipality. FULL STORY >>
UN sends team to assess damage by Kosovo conflict on two neighbouring nations
11 SEPTEMBER -- An international team of experts will spend the next two weeks assessing the environmental damage caused by the Kosovo conflict in Albania and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today. FULL STORY >>