Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/780 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today handed over the first UNMIK driving licenses to six Kosovans at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Public Services. The UNMIK driving licenses replace the old FRY driving…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…