Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/799 SRSG Michael Steiner today announced that mismanagement and improper housekeeping contributed to the damage caused by a major fire sparked by a lightning strike to Kosovo’s main power plant on July 19. The SRSG also announced that he would appoint a top manager from the German…

UNMIK/PR/798 PRISTINA/SALZBURG – Strengthened regional co-operation in the fields of trade liberalisation, the fight against organised crime, energy, return of refugees and displaced persons and media development were on the agenda when SRSG Michael Steiner met yesterday with three senior…

UNMIK/PR/797 PRISTINA – Tomorrow SRSG Michael Steiner will meet the Special Coordinator for the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, Erhard Busek, and the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Paddy Ashdown, to discuss how to strengthen regional co-operation. The informal meeting takes…

UNMIK/PR/796 KLOKOT - Directly upon arriving in Kosovo from New York where he had addressed the UN Security Council, SRSG Michael Steiner visited the village of Klokot in the Gnjilane region where yesterday five Serb houses were destroyed in a series of explosions. After meeting with Serb families…

UNMIK/PR/795 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner was informed about the explosions in Klokot and Balance after having addressed the United Nations Security Council and having received warm support for his priorities in Kosovo. His immediate reaction was: “This is absolutely disgusting.”

UNMIK/PR/793 PRISTINA – We regret a transcription error in the English language version of UNMIK press release 792 on the speech made by SRSG Michael Steiner in the United Nations Security Council yesterday in which FYROM was incorrectly described. This error was not in the speech delivered by SRSG…

UNMIK/PR/794 PRISTINA – Beginning 1 July 2002, Kosovo pensioners will start receiving Basic Pensions at the monthly rate of 28 euro. SRSG Michael Steiner on 26 July promulgated the law as adopted by the Kosovo Assembly on 4 July 2002, setting the rate and payment date for Basic Pensions. In order to…

UNMIK/PR/792 Mr. President, The last time I addressed the Council, you endorsed the benchmarks as the international community’s yardstick for measuring progress in Kosovo. Since then, Kosovo’s Provisional Institutions have embraced these benchmarks as internal goals and ends in themselves. You have…

UNMIK/PR/791 PRISTINA – Acting on the request of the Government of Kosovo, SRSG Michael Steiner on 16 July signed Administrative Direction 2002/14 to regulate business activities involving lotteries, bingo games and other games of chance in Kosovo. This is a provisional measure pending the…

UNMIK/PR/790 PRISTINA – The UNMIK Office on Missing Persons and Forensics has asked local radio stations around Kosovo to broadcast a public service announcement beginning today with information on the distribution of several hundred Medical Death Certificates. The Death Certificates to be issued…