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Serbs and Albanian women working together in a butchery in Kosovo.
UNMIK/ Video Capture

Kosovo elections: ‘Most significant change’ in 12 years, Security Council hears

31 October 2019
Peace and Security

Elections held earlier this month in Kosovo represent “the most significant change in the political landscape” there in a dozen years, the UN mission chief told the Security Council on Thursday.

Digital technology being used to improve agricultural methods in the Philippines: Department of Agriculture experts, working with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) using drones to gather visual data on recently damaged rice crops in Magalang town in Pampanga province.
©Veejay Villafranca/NOOR for FAO

Monday’s Daily Brief: the future of food and digital tech, labour justice in focus, denuclearization, and Kosovo

10 June 2019
Economic Development

This Monday, top stories includes: a new report on risks and opportunities of digital technology; social justice for all at the centenary UN labour conference; updates on Iran’s and North Korea’s nuclear programmes; tackling today’s problems with food; and updates on the relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

The Special Representative of the Secretary General for Kosovo, Zahir Tanin, briefs the Security Council on the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo.
UN Photo/Kim Haughton (file photo)

‘Antagonistic gestures and accusations’ drown out Kosovo dialogue hopes, Security Council hears

7 February 2019
Peace and Security

Prospects for a “swift resumption” of substantive talks between the leaderships of Kosovo and Serbia have been put on the back burner in recent months, by a tendency to resort instead to “antagonistic gestures and accusations” said the head of the UN Mission in Kosovo.