Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1319 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen this morning met Prime Minister Vlado Buchkovski of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia who is paying a one-day visit to Kosovo. The SRSG briefed the Prime Minister and his delegation which included the Deputy Prime Minister and the Foreign…

UNMIK/PR/1351 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today opened the 6th meeting of National Coordinators of the Small Enterprise Charter for Western Balkans and Moldova. This is the first time that the meeting, which continues tomorrow, is being held in Pristina. It brings together all the…

UNMIK/PR/1317 PRISTINA – On his first visit to Belgrade, the new DSRSG Joachim Ruecker today met Deputy Prime Minister Miroljub Labus, other senior officials of the Serbian government and representatives of the international community. DSRSG Ruecker said at a press conference that he had gone to…

UNMIK/PR/1315 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and COMKFOR Yves de Kermabon received Serbian President Boris Tadic this morning at UNMIK's Headquarters in Pristina, as he began a two-day visit to Kosovo. The SRSG expressed his hope that President Tadic would use his visit to obtain a complete…

UNMIK/PR/1314 PRISTINA – The Deputy SRSG for Pillar IV, Joachim Ruecker, has signed contracts for the sale of 12 companies from the third wave of privatisation in Kosovo. The total value of the contracts is nearly €10 million for the sale of the “NewCos” (new companies) created from formerly…

UNMIK/PR/1313 Pristina - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen this morning addressed the OSCE Permanent Countil in Vienna. This is the text of his speech. “Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to address the OSCE Permanent Council. May I first thank the Slovenian Presidency for having invited me and in…

UNMIK/PR/1311 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today said that Kamenicë/Kamenica many ways represents the kind of society Kosovo should strive to be. He said that despite the perception of insecurity and lack of freedom of movement that is constantly fed to the public, “people actually do get…

UNMIK/PR/1310 PRISTINA – A conference on ‘Reorganisation of the Kosovo Justice System’ was inaugurated this morning at the Grand Hotel in Pristina with keynote speeches from Mr. Ibrahim Rugova, President of Kosovo, Mr. Ramush Haradinaj, Prime Minister of Kosovo, Mr. Lawrence G. Rossin, Principal…

UNMIK/PR/1309 PRISTINA – Operational control of the Prizren and Peja/Pec Detention Centres was, for the first time, handed over to Kosovo Prison Directors by PDSRSG Larry Rossin in a ceremony held at UNMIK Mission Headquarters in Pristina this morning. Welcoming this milestone achievement for the…