Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/835 Following his visit to Slovenia Saturday at the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmitrij Rupel, SRSG Michael Steiner described the visit as one of the most successful he has made in the region so far. The SRSG held meetings with Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek, Foreign Minister…

UNMIK/PR/834 At a press briefing today, Mr. Jose-Pablo Baraybar reviewed developments in the identification of missing persons and the activities, achievements and goals of the UNMIK Office on Missing Persons and Forensics, which he heads in the UNMIK Department of Justice. Medical death…

UNMIK/PR/832 SRSG Michael Steiner visited Skenderaj/Srbica today where a photo exhibition of clothing and personal belongings of unidentified human remains is ongoing for families of missing persons. The clothing and personal effects are from remains found in a mass grave in Petrovo Selo, Serbia…

UNMIK/PR/831 SRSG Michael Steiner today visited to returns projects in the Gnjilane/Gjilan area where displaced people are not only rebuilding houses but also benefiting from income-generating projects and other forms of support designed to make their return home sustainable. In Stara Kolonija, a…

UNMIK/PR/830 Based in part on information arising from the ongoing investigation into the activities of Rrustem “Remi” Mustafa and others, investigators from UNMIK Police have launched an investigation into alleged corruption within the Pristina Department for Cadastre, Geodesy and Property, the…

UNMIK/PR/829 Pristina - The Office on Missing Persons and Forensics and the UNMIK Police Missing Persons Unit have organized an exhibition of photographs of clothing and personal effects recovered from mortal remains found in a mass grave in Petrovo Selo, Serbia. Some of the exhumed remains may…

UNMIK/PR/828 Pristina - The Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) has completed plans for establishing the new Medical Examiners’ Office (MEO) of Kosovo. The creation of the MEO forms part of the reorganization of Kosovo’s medico-legal system, a project that has been transferred from the…

PRISTINA - The Special Representative of the Secretary General to Kosovo, Mr. Michael Steiner and the Chief of Staff of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), Mr. Gordon Bacon are pleased to announce the first DNA-led identifications in Kosovo. This is the result of a joint effort…

UNMIK/PR/827 Pristina - In response to questions concerning today’s meeting between Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic and SRSG Michael Steiner, UNMIK wishes to clarify that SRSG Michael Steiner did not discuss decentralization during the meeting. What he actually stated was that he was, of…

UNMIK/PR/826 Pristina - A thorough assessment conducted by the Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) and the UNMIK Police Missing Persons Unit has determined that there is no mass grave near the “Balkan” factory in Suva Reka. The assessment team, led by an OMPF forensic archaeologist…