Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/812 Following the third meeting of the Energy Committee, SRSG Michael Steiner announced the appointment of Josef Rieder as Interim Head of the Kosovo Electric Company (KEK) to oversee the Kosovo power system through the winter. The appointment follows UNMIK’s investigation into the fire…

UNMIK/PR/810 PRISTINA- Acting SRSG Charles Brayshaw today visited the site of the Mobile Cultural Container project and the new bridge construction leading to it, in Mitrovica. The Mobile Cultural Container project, which is intended to unite young people from north and south of the Ibar river in…

UNMIK/PR/809 We would like to correct a misunderstanding that has appeared recently in certain media: UNMIK cannot confirm the discovery of any new mass grave site in Suva Reka, or in the rest of Kosovo. UNMIK's Missing Persons and Forensics Unit continues to oversee exhumations and identifications…

UNMIK/PR/808 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has announced the appointment of Francesco Bastagli as his Deputy Special Representative in Kosovo (UNMIK). Mr. Bastagli took up his duties in Pristina yesterday to be in charge of UNMIK’s Pillar for Civil Administration. Mr. Bastagli succeeds…

UNMIK/PR/807 Since its arrival in Kosovo and under UNSC 1244, UNMIK has been mandated with establishing the rule of law. Not only the Security Council and the international community, but also the people of Kosovo have demanded that we do so. Creating a society that respects the rule of law is a…

UNMIK/PR/805 Today PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw visited the municipalities of Kline/Klina and Istog/Istok as well as two small communities to which displaced Kosovo Serbs have been returning. Mr. Brayshaw used the occasion to introduce Ms. Peggy Hicks, the new Director of the UNMIK Office of Returns and…

UNMIK/PR/804 PRISTINA – The Commissioner of Police and the Director of the Department of Justice announce the arrest of a suspect on suspicion of murder, torture and illegal detention. The arrest was requested by an international prosecutor and was carried out by UNMIK Police with the assistance of…

UNMIK/PR/803 Delivered on 2 August 2002 You have talked a great deal about law in this course. I would like to speak today about that elusive concept that everyone agrees is inextricably linked to law, even if it is difficult to define: justice. While much of this course has focused on law among…

UNMIK/PR/800 PRISTINA--An arrest warrant has been issued for Dr. Milan Ivanovic on charges of attempted murder. The arrest warrant was issued by an international investigating judge at the request of an international prosecutor as a consequence of events that took place during a violent…

UNMIK/PR/802 PRISTINA – The Prime Minister of the German state of Bavaria, Dr. Edmund Stoiber, called SRSG Michael Steiner on the phone after the cancellation of their meeting due to an engine problem with Mr. Stoiber’s helicopter. The helicopter could not land in Pristina and had to be redirected…