Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/842 PRISTINA – The Energy Committee met for the fifth time today at 1500hrs in the UNMIK HQ. SRSG Michael Steiner chaired the meeting. Prime Minister Dr. Bajram Rexhepi, DCOMKFOR Major General Perruche, Josef Rieder the Interim Head of KEK and Pillar 4 Head Andy Bearpark attended. Mr…

UNMIK/PR/841 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner condemned yesterday afternoon’s violent attack by a mob against pensioners in Pec/Peja as “deplorable, disgraceful and disgusting”. The SRSG noted: “This incident is especially unfortunate as it goes against the general trend of improved security and…

UNMIK/PR/840 UNMIK confirms that Milan Ivanovic has handed himself to the UNMIK Court in Mitrovica In response to the information that Milan Ivanovic has handed himself in to the UNMIK Court in Mitrovica this morning, the SRSG Michael Steiner said from Montpelerin, Switzerland: “I welcome that Milan…

UNMIK/PR/839 General Valentin, General Mini, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is with profoundly mixed feelings that I bid farewell to General Marcel Valentin. Marcel was here for a full year – longer than any COMKFOR before. During his year in Kosovo, Gen. Valentin earned the respect of his…

UNMIK/PR/838 PRISTINA – DSRSG for Economic Reconstruction and Development Andy Bearpark attended the World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting earlier this week in Washington, where the “Working Level Steering Group” paved the way to continued donor support and new approaches to securing financing for the…

UNMIK/PR/837 Citizens of Mitrovica, Dear Friends, Yesterday I visited the Serb communities in Kamenica and in Orahovac. Today we are here in the North. There are Serb communities all across Kosovo. That’s how it must be. But this also means that we have to take care of the concerns and needs of all…

UNMIK/PR/836 PRISTINA - SRSG Michael Steiner today visited the mixed community of Kamenica where he met with the Albanian and Serbian deputy presidents of the Municipal Assembly Nexhat Rexha and Nebosa Simic. The SRSG visited a multi-ethnic youth centre, an ambulanta, and the new municipal court and…

UNMIK/PR/835 Following his visit to Slovenia Saturday at the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmitrij Rupel, SRSG Michael Steiner described the visit as one of the most successful he has made in the region so far. The SRSG held meetings with Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek, Foreign Minister…

UNMIK/PR/834 At a press briefing today, Mr. Jose-Pablo Baraybar reviewed developments in the identification of missing persons and the activities, achievements and goals of the UNMIK Office on Missing Persons and Forensics, which he heads in the UNMIK Department of Justice. Medical death…

UNMIK/PR/832 SRSG Michael Steiner visited Skenderaj/Srbica today where a photo exhibition of clothing and personal belongings of unidentified human remains is ongoing for families of missing persons. The clothing and personal effects are from remains found in a mass grave in Petrovo Selo, Serbia…