Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1675 - UNMIK Countdown #22 PRISTINA – In early 2000, UNMIK helped create the Department of Sports (DoS) in Kosovo. Only one year later, in 2001, a brand new Ministry was established to deal with Culture, Youth…

UNMIK/PR/1674 PRISTINA –In a briefing today for the European Union (EU) Political and Security Committee in Brussels, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker said that further…

UNMIK/PR/1673 - UNMIK Countdown #21 PRISTINA – Training and development of a democratic police service was one the mandates given to OSCE Mission in Kosovo in 1999. With the aim to create a modern police force that would…

UNMIK/PR/1671 - UNMIK Countdown #20 PRISTINA – The Standards for Kosovo were established in 2002-3 as eight fields or ‘Benchmarks’ seen as priorities for the recently-established Kosovo institutions. The eight fields were…

UNMIK/PR/1670 - UNMIK Countdown #19 PRISTINA - By implementing a Probation Service in Kosovo, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Kosovo Correctional Service (KCS) have proved to be pioneers in the Balkans, providing Kosovo…

UNMIK/PR/1669 - UNMIK Countdown #18 PRISTINA – On 30 March 2007, a ceremony in Mitrovicë/a marked the beginning of the return of the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian (RAE) community to the Roma Mahala, in what is arguably the most…

UNMIK/PR/1667 PRISTINA – Today the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Joachim Rücker issued the following statement on the occasion of Easter: “I send greetings to all people and families of Kosovo who…

UNMIK/PR/1666 Today at the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) Barracks in Llukar/Lukare, UNMIK’s Office of the KPC Coordinator (OKPCC) and the KPC marked UN International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action…

UNMIK/PR/1665 - UNMIK Countdown #17 PRISTINA – When UNMIK’s Institution-Building Pillar, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, took up its mandate, the media landscape was not as developed and as pluralistic as it is now. For seven…