A delegation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) visited yesterday Kosovo Ministry of Environment. The UNEP delegation, headed by Pier Carlo Sandei, director of the UNEP Office in Vienna, was informed closely with the environmental situation in Kosovo. On this occasion, UNEP has offered free National Reporting System for Kosovo which will provide general information on the environmental situation in Kosovo.

Kosovo is one of the most polluted places in the Balkans and Europe and has 27 “hot spots” which tremendously pollute the environment and endanger human health. The statement was made at a conference in Pristina organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in cooperation with Italian Embassy on environmental challenges in the Balkans. UNEP, the largest environmental organization, expressed through the conference its interest of improving the environmental situation in Kosovo.