Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/778 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner went to Obiliq where he toured the damaged Kosovo B power plant and met with KEK officials and workers. Kosovo B power plant was struck by lightening during a storm late Friday night. “There is no doubt that this is a tragedy,” said SRSG Michael Steiner.…

UNMIK/PR/777 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner returned from his visit to Montenegro today, where he met Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic, foreign minister Dragan Durovic, deputy finance minister Koviljka Mihajlovic and representatives of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian community IDPs from Kosovo…

UNMIK/PR/776 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner yesterday welcomed the Advisor to the European I Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr Dimitri Demekas, to the third EFC meeting. Mr Demekos mentioned the reduced interest of Donors in Kosovo and the shifting away of attention. The SRSG…

UNMIK/PR/774 VIENNA—SRSG Michael Steiner the OSCE’s Permanent Council that the reality of the situation in Kosovo has improved further than many people’s perception. He praised the OSCE for playing a central role in transforming Kosovo into a place where all its people can live in security and…

UNMIK/PR/774 VIENNA—SRSG Michael Steiner told the OSCE’s Permanent Council that the reality of the situation in Kosovo has improved further than many people’s perception. He praised the OSCE for playing a central role in transforming Kosovo into a place where all its people can live in security and…

UNMIK/PR/771 PRISTINA - UNMIK has taken a step closer to creating a multiethnic judiciary after judicial officials in Serbia agreed to encourage Kosovo Serb judicial experts to apply for posts in the Kosovo judiciary. Currently, of 320 judges and prosecutors serving in Kosovo, only three Kosovo…

UNMIK/PR/770 On Thursday 4 July UNMIK Customs Officers seized over 20 million cigarettes in raids on premises in the Lesak (Leposavic) area of Kosovo. The seizure was as a result of close co-operation between Customs, KFOR and Police. Initial enquiries suggest that the cigarettes, all Marlboro brand…

UNMIK/PR/769 UNMIK Police announced today the arrests of a number of individuals on suspicion of involvement in a brutal attack on a Kosovo Albanian family in Glogovac last year. “The attack on the family Hajra resulted in the deaths of Mr. Hajra, his wife and three of his four children,” said…

UNMIK/PR/767 Pristina, 27 June 2002 Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. Piper, ladies and gentlemen: I am pleased to be here today for the launching of the first UNDP Human Development Report on Kosovo. This is indeed an important event for Kosovo and the International Community. The conclusions of this UNDP…

UNMIK/PR/766 Geneva, 27 June 2002 Mr. High Commissioner, Ladies and Gentlemen, Bosnia has been a success. In Kosovo we still have to get there. I am grateful to Ruud Lubbers, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, for the opportunity to discuss returns in this regional format. All of us coming from…