Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1128 PRISTINA – SRSG Harri Holkeri issued the following statement today: “I welcome the first meeting of the Working Group on Energy which was held today as part of the Pristina-Belgrade direct dialogue. “The process, as we all know, began with the plenary meeting held in Vienna last…

UNMIK/PR/1127 PRISTINA – SRSG Harri Holkeri has expressed concern over the brief detention of the Kosovo Protection Corps Commander General Agim Ceku at Budapest airport on 29 February 2004 allegedly on the basis of a Serbian arrest warrant, which UNMIK has qualified as invalid. UNMIK intervened…

UNMIK/PR/1126 PRISTINA – SRSG Harri Holkeri has expressed his deep shock and sorrow at the death of the FYROM President Boris Trajkovski and his associates in a plane crash this morning in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mr. Holkeri extends his deepest sympathy and condolences to the family of President…

UNMIK/PR/1123 PRISTINA – The Assembly of Kosovo has acted outside its legislative competence by approving legislation on cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia as a Law of the Assembly. Legislation on cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for…

UNMIK/PR/1122 PRISTINA – SRSG Harri Holkeri returned to Pristina today from his two-day visit to Albania, where he met President Alfred Moisiu, Prime Minister Fatos Nano, foreign Minister Kastriot Islami and Minister of Economy Anastas Angjeli. It was the first visit to Albania by Mr. Holkeri. Mr…

UNMIK/PR/1121 PRISTINA - At a meeting between SRSG Harri Holkeri and the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and President of CCK Nebojsa Covic today it was agreed that the Pristina-Belgrade direct dialogue will convene in the last week of February or the first week of March. The meeting also discussed…

UNMIK/PR/1120 PRISTINA - SRSG Harri Holkeri today personally informed President Ibrahim Rugova, Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi and other political leaders about the arrest early today of a number of Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) members. The arrests were made in connection with serious crimes…

UNMIK/PR/1119 Mr. President, The week before last, I met with a delegation of families of missing Kosovo Albanians as many more stood vigil in the snow in front of UNMIK headquarters. They told me of their frustration at the slow progress on the return of the mortal remains of their loved ones from…

UNMIK/PR/1118 PRISTINA - On behalf of the SRSG, the Acting Head of Mission and DSRSG, Pillar I, Jean-Christian Cady, today promulgated a regulation on deterrence of money laundering in Kosovo and providing additional tools to combat it. The regulation will deter money laundering by enhancing…

UNMIK/PR/1116 PRISTINA - The Director-General of UNMIK Customs is concerned and disappointed with the misleading and factually incorrect article published in Koha Ditore on 5 February 2004 regarding the excise tax on banderols. He further takes great exception to the tone and allegations in the…