Peacekeeping
BiH deputy high representative suggests OHR could close in a year
01/07/2008
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- Deputy High Representative Raffi Gregorian said on Monday (June 30th) that if BiH continues the current pac...
Former Australian foreign minister likely to become new UN envoy to Cyprus
30/06/2008
CANBERRA, Australia -- Former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer is reportedly set to be the new UN envoy to Cyprus, Australian media reported on Mond...
OHR to remain in BiH until government meets conditions
27/06/2008
Finishing their two-day meeting in Sarajevo, the political directors of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board stressed that only the complete fulfilment of agreed objectives and conditions can terminate the OHR's mandate in BiH.
UNMIK chief Zannier says reconfiguration will be radical
26/06/2008
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- UNMIK's reconstruction will be a rather radical operation that will change its structure extensively, new mission chief Lamberto...
Croatian deputy prime minister visits Afghanistan
25/06/2008
Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Djurdja Adlesic, the highest-ranking politician from her country ever to visit Afghanistan, met with Croatian troops serving on the ISAF mission.
UK to support establishment of Kosovo Security Force
25/06/2008
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Britain will provide financial support to the process that transforms the current Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) into the planned...
New UNMIK chief meets with Kosovo leaders
24/06/2008
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Newly appointed UNMIK chief Lamberto Zannier held his first official meeting with government leaders Monday (June 23rd). "My firs...
Kosovo will not have army, says de Hoop Scheffer
24/06/2008
"KFOR is here; it's here to stay," said NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer during a visit to Pristina on Monday.
UN plan urges UNMIK reconfiguration
23/06/2008
The plan UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon submitted to the Security Council on Friday urges a UNMIK pullout from Kosovo, allowing the EU mission to take charge in the newly independent state.
UN secretary-general says new plan on Kosovo aims to prevent conflicts in region
22/06/2008
NEW YORK, United States -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday (June 20th) that his proposal on Kosovo would prevent new regional conflic...
Bodies of EUFOR helicopter crash victims recovered in BiH
22/06/2008
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- The bodies of four EUFOR troops, killed in a helicopter crash near Banja Luka on Thursday (June 19th), are...
BiH to send infantry unit to Iraq in August
20/06/2008
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- BiH will deploy an infantry unit to Iraq, BiH Army chief General Sifet Podzic told the Dnevni Avaz newspape...
Four EUFOR soldiers die in helicopter crash
20/06/2008
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- Two Spanish and two German EUFOR troops died when their helicopter crashed Thursday (June 19th) around midd...
Relatives of Srebrenica victims sue UN, Netherlands; hearings under way
19/06/2008
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A court in The Hague began hearings Wednesday (June 18th) on a claim against the Netherlands and the UN filed on behalf of...
Sejdiu signs decree regarding first nine Kosovo embassies
19/06/2008
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- President Fatmir Sejdiu signed a decree Wednesday (June 18th) establishing the first nine Kosovo embassies in capitals of countri...
