Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/897 PRISTINA – Today SRSG Michael Steiner signed two laws adopted by the Assembly of Kosovo ‘on the Establishment of an Immovable Rights Register’ and ‘on Mortgages’. With these signatures, all draft laws presented by the Assembly as of yesterday, 19 December, to SRSG Michael Steiner have…

UNMIK/PR/898 Pristina – Head of Swiss Office in Pristina, Mr. Hans-Peter Fischer, and DSRSG for Civil Administration, Mr. Francesco Bastagli, signed today a funding agreement with the Swiss Government, granting 550,000 Swiss Francs (376,000 euros) for the work of the Housing and Property Directorate…

UNMIK/PR/896 PRISTINA—UNMIK and Albania yesterday signed a letter of intent to start negotiations early next year on a Free Trade Agreement between Kosovo and Albania. The letter of intent was signed between SRSG Michael Steiner and Albanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ilir Meta on…

UNMIK/PR/895 Belgrade, 17 December 2002 Hyatt Regency Hotel, Belgrade Marc-Antoine de Raigniac: Thank you all for coming. This is the press conference given by the Head of the United Nations Security Council delegation, Norwegian Ambassador His Excellency Ole Peter Kolby. Ambassador Kolby will first…

UNMIK/PR/894 The following statement was made at today’s press conference by Simon Haselock on behalf of SRSG Michael Steiner. The UNMIK Legal Advisor has examined the certifications for 24 municipalities, found them to be in order, and authorized Pillar IV to confirm this together with the Ministry…

UNMIK/PR/893 Pristina/Prishtinë SRSG Michael Steiner: Good morning. I am very pleased to have this press conference after the visit of the Security Council to Kosovo. We were very happy that the Security Council, despite all of its important tasks, came to Kosovo to see the situation for themselves…

UNMIK/PR/892 Pristina/Prishtinë The Security Council is focused on three key issues in Kosovo: standards before status, multiethnicity, and integration. We fully support the eight standards articulated by SRSG Michael Steiner as the yardstick for measuring Kosovo’s progress. We also strongly endorse…

UNMIK/PR/891 PRISTINA - On Thursday, 12 December 2002, thirty (30) judges and prosecutors were sworn-in by PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw. Arrangements are being made to swear in the 12 remaining appointees when practicable. It was widely reported in the press today that UNMIK has ‘ignored’ or ‘acted…

UNMIK/PR/890 PRISTINA – PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw today chaired this years final meeting of the Economic and Fiscal Council on the 2003 budget and the ‘budget appropriation regulation for 2003’. Prior to the main agenda the Council noted comments by DSRSG Andy Bearpark and Minister of Finance and…

UNMIK/PR/888 PRISTINA - Under the authority of the SRSG, 42 judges and prosecutors have been appointed in Kosovo, as recommended by the Kosovo Prosecutorial and Judicial Council (KJPC). These include 19 Albanians, 21 are Serbs, one Bosniac and one Gorani. This represents a necessary and timely…