Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1632 - UNMIK Countdown #9 PRISTINA – The UNMIK Customs Service in the past seven years has collected over €2.5 billion towards the Kosovo Consolidated Budget. The average cost for each Euro collected is less than 1.5 cents, making UNMIK Customs one of the most cost-effective organizations…

UNMIK/PR/1630 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker met Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema today in Rome. The SRSG acknowledged the key role of Italy in Southeast Europe and in crucial fora including the Contact Group, the European Union…

UNMIK/PR/1629 - UNMIK Countdown #8 PRISTINA – The Kosovo Police Service (KPS) has become a highly respected Kosovo institution that enjoys the trust of its citizens and is one of the most effective police organizations in the region. When KPS was first established in 1999, it initially had 350…

UNMIK/PR/1627 - UNMIK Countdown #7 PRISTINA – UNMIK Civil Administration has successfully tackled an enormous range of challenges since the start of the mission in 1999, ranging from getting basic services up and running in the immediate post-conflict vacuum, to setting up the ministries of Kosovo’s…

UNMIK/PR/1627 PRISTINA – Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (PDSRSG) Steven Schook’s greeting on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas: On behalf of SRSG Joachim Rücker and all of us in UNMIK, I wish a joyous holiday to everyone in Kosovo celebrating Orthodox…

UNMIK/PR/1626 PRISTINA – UNMIK would like to correct issues regarding property ownership in Kosovo that were grossly misrepresented in a Belgrade newspaper report today. The article is factually incorrect and misrepresents the activities of UNMIK and Kosovo institutions to ensure property rights of…

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UNMIK/PR/1625 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker would like to convey the following message for the people of Kosovo on the occasion of the upcoming holiday of Kurban Bajram and the new year: “On behalf of everyone in UNMIK, I would like to…

UNMIK/PR/1624 UNMIK Countdown #6 PRISTINA – UN Volunteers participation in UNMIK dates back to the beginning of the mission in June 1999 when some 200 UN Volunteers supported the mission in humanitarian work, organizing food deliveries, providing medical care and setting up temporary shelter for…

UNMIK/PR/1623 PRISTINA – The new modernised and enlarged Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) was signed today at the South East European summit of Prime Ministers in Bucharest. Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker, together with Kosovo Minister…