Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/923 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today chaired the ninth ordinary session of the Economic and Fiscal Council. Following discussions in the Council the SRSG announced his decision to transfer the administrative and operational responsibilities for the Tax Administration to the Provisional…

UNMIK/PR/921 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today met with Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi, COMKFOR General Mini, and UNHCR Chief of Mission Mr. Walter Irvine to launch the “Manual for Sustainable Returns”. The Manual, which was jointly produced by UNMIK and UNHCR, is a practical guide to the both…

UNMIK/PR/920 PRISTINA – I wish Muslims in Kosovo a Happy Bajram. This auspicious religious day symbolizes unity, peace, solidarity and compassion. At the same time, I express my fervent hope for peace in your families and peace within and among the communities that make up Kosovo’s multi-cultural…

UNMIK/PR/919 Mr. President, What do people in Kosovo want? Last week I visited Ferizaj/Uroševac, the third largest town in Kosovo, Pejë/Peć, at the foot of the mountains and Mitrovicë/Mitrovica on the banks of the river Ibar. In Ferizaj a baker from a socially owned enterprise asked for: “a secure…

UNMIK/PR/918 PRISTINA - Monday’s edition of Bota Sot contains an article that makes unfounded and scurrilous allegations regarding the case of Sali Veseli and others, better known as the Commander Drini case. The journalist makes three erroneous allegations that groundlessly challenge the…

UNMIK/PR/917 A review of the activities, achievements and goals of the Office on Missing Persons and Forensics, Department of Justice. Exhumations Since 1999, 4019 bodies of victims of the conflict have been recovered and approximately 2212 have been identified. By the end of 2002, OMPF with the…

UNMIK/PR/916 Pristina – SRSG Michael Steiner says that UNMIK and KFOR are responsible for security in Kosovo. The SRSG sees no reason for the international community to change its position in regard to UNSCR 1244, paragraph 9 (a) and Annex 2 point 6.

UNMIK/PR/914 PRISTINA - A three-day orientation course for Municipal Gender Officers (MGOs) from all thirty municipalities of Kosovo was held from 29 to 31 January at the Grand Hotel in Pristina. The establishment of the posts of the MGOs on 1 January 2003 marks a historic milestone in civil service…

UNMIK/PR/915 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today visited Mitrovica and met leaders of the Mitrovica Municipal Assembly, including its President Faruk Spahija and deputy president Mursan Ibrahimi, and discussed with them the current situation in the region. Mr. Steiner spontaneously took all the…

UNMIK/PR/913 PRISTINA - DPI Director Mr. Simon Haselock has been completely misquoted by Java magazine on the issue of President Ibrahim Rugova’s photograph being distributed to different ministries in the Provisional government. UNMIK has no position on President Rugova’s picture being put up in…