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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7785

26 August 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/kosovo
EU approves UNMIK decision on Zvecan factory

Brussels, 25/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - Last week the French Presidency adopted the following declaration on behalf of the EU: "The EU approves the decision by UNMIK to take over responsibility for the Zvecan lead-smelting factory in Kosovo. This measure was necessitated by the extremely high level of pollution caused by the operation of the factory, which posed a serious danger to public health and the environment. The EU deplores the fact that the team that had been administering the Zvecan...