Kosovo

Joachim Rücker

Kosovars will go to polls in November, UN envoy says

31 August 2007
The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo announced today that municipal, assembly and mayoral elections will be held on 17 November in the Serbian province administered by the United Nations since 1999.

UN mission starts process for new local elections in Kosovo

16 August 2007
The United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today kick started the process to conduct new local elections in the province, which the world body has run since western forces drove out Yugoslav troops in 1999 amid ethnic fighting.
Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon endorses new initiative on determining Kosovo’s future status

1 August 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed an agreement to have a troika comprised of the European Union, Russian Federation and United States lead further negotiations on the future status of Kosovo, the Serbian province administered by the United Nations since 1999.