Press Releases

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…