Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/878 PRISTINA –UNMIK and FYROM signed a protocol on police cooperation today during SRSG Michael Steiner’s visit to Skopje. SRSG Michael Steiner met FYROM leaders and discussed issues of mutual interest and cooperation. The agreement on police cooperation, similar to those already signed…

UNMIK/PR/877 The transfer to Kosovo of the mortal remains of the first 8 victims exhumed from a mass grave in Petrovo Selo, Serbia took place earlier today, the Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) announces. The victims died in the Izbice massacre in March 1999. “The identification of the…

UNMIK/PR/875 SRSG Michael Steiner’s press conference following the signing of an Administrative Direction putting northern Mitrovica under UNMIK administrative control Today, northern Mitrovica has left the grey zone. Just signed Administrative Direction that brings legitimacy to northern Mitrovica…

UNMIK/PR/873 A number of activities will be held today to note the International Day to Eliminate Violence against Women, culminating with a concert organized by the Kosovo Women’s Network at the Pristina National Theatre. The concert includes a play “Our Stories” and songs with the text against…

UNMIK/PR/872 PRISTINA - On 15 November 2002 a list of persons said to be candidates for judicial and prosecutorial office was published in the newspaper "Koha Ditore". The Kosovo Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (the ‘Council’) wishes to stress that the list of names published in the newspaper has…

UNMIK/PR/871 On 19 November 2002, an international prosecutor in Pristina indicted Latif Gashi, Naim Kadriu, Nazif Mehmeti and Rrustem Mustafa (alias Commander Remi), all Kosovo Albanians and all former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), on charges of war crimes in violation of Article 142…

UNMIK/PR/870 Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I have had a brief but a full visit but I must say my visit was very fruitful and it was good I came. I see this mission as a success. It’s a successful operation and everybody is working well together – the military, civilian and the national staff…

UNMIK/PR/869 United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan arrived today in Pristina, along with his wife, Nane Annan, for a two-day visit in order to demonstrate the support of the international community for UNMIK’s efforts in Kosovo. The Secretary-General was briefed on the situation in Kosovo by…

UNMIK/PR/868 SRSG Michael Steiner, accompanied by Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi, flew to the sites where two Serbian Orthodox churches were damaged overnight in Istog/Istok municipality. KFOR Commander General Fabio Mini and Istog Municipal Assembly President Fadil Ferati joined the delegation…

UNMIK/PR/867 Bota Sot newspaper has recently added a series of insulting, misleading and inaccurate articles to its long list of violations of journalism standards. In one of these stories, Bota Sot accused an UNMIK spokesman of being ignorant of the Constitutional Framework then quoted a single…