Press Releases

For Example, Kosovo: Seven Principles for Building Peace Ladies and Gentlemen, We’ve come a long way since the best advice for keeping the peace was Basil Fawlty’s order to Polly and Manuel: ‘Don’t mention the war.’ The years since the end of the Cold War have not seen a general outbreak of peace…

UNMIK/PR/905 PRISTINA – An extraordinary EFC meeting today endorsed the Government’s proposal for the revised Income Tax rate structure for 2003. “This is a good proposal,” SRSG Michael Steiner said at the end of the meeting, ”I am happy to announce that I endorse this proposal and that I will amend…

UNMIK/PR/911 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today warmly welcomed the decision of Coalition Povratak members to return to the Kosovo Assembly, which was announced today by Dragisa Krstovic, head of the Coalition in the Kosovo Assembly. “We have always said that the best way for the Serbian…

UNMIK/PR/912 The Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF), with the assistance of the Missing Persons Unit of UNMIK Police, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Commission of Missing Persons (ICMP), will organize on Saturday 1 February and Sunday 2 February…

UNMIK/PR/909 ZAGREB/PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today returned from his visit to Croatia, where he met President Stjepan Mesic, Deputy Prime Minister Slavko Linic, Minister for Foreign Affairs Tonino Picula, the Minister of Economy Ljubo Jurcic and President of the Chamber of Economy, Mr…

UNMIK/PR/907 PRISTINA - SRSG Michael Steiner will deliver the following address “Taking Responsibility for 2003” at 2000 hrs on Kosovo TV stations today. Dear Kosovans, The year ahead of us will not be easy. We face three hard challenges. In the Economy - Where far too many people have no jobs. With…

UNMIK/PR/906 PRISTINA – Reacting to the formation of an assembly of Serbian municipalities, SRSG Michael Steiner today said that the “UNSCR 1244 and the Constitutional Framework do not foresee institutions based on mono-ethnicity.” The SRSG added that “this has no legal relevance for Kosovo”.

UNMIK/PR/908 PRISTINA – Yesterday afternoon, RTS, Belgrade, called DPI Director Simon Haselock asking for his reaction to the pollution in River Ibar, which was affecting the town of Kraljevo in Serbia. The reporter asked if the pollution was coming from the KEK’s plant in Obilic. Mr. Haselock told…

UNMIK/PR/905 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today told the first Economic and Fiscal Council meeting of this year that he had full understanding for the concerns of the people of Kosovo on the income tax issue. “But I have no understanding for the ongoing blame game”, he stated. “The 2003 income…

UNMIK/PR/904 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner visited President Rugova today where they discussed Saturday’s murders of Tahir Zemaj, his son and nephew and the program for this coming year. “I first want to extend my condolences to the families of those killed,” said SRSG Michael Steiner. “It is…