Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/781 PRISTINA - SRSG Michael Steiner announced today that 10 investigators from Italy’s Guardia di Finanza will join UNMIK in the fight against financial crime and corruption in Kosovo. During his meeting today with the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs of Italy, Senator Roberto Antonione…

UNMIK/PR/779 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today held the first meeting of the Energy Committee, a committee created to solve the problems stemming from Friday evening’s lightening strike to the Kosovo B power plant in Obiliq. The Energy Committee met for approximately one hour and its members…

UNMIK/PR/780 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today handed over the first UNMIK driving licenses to six Kosovans at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Public Services. The UNMIK driving licenses replace the old FRY driving licenses, held by many people in Kosovo. The Ministry of Public Services (MPS)…

UNMIK/PR/778 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner went to Obiliq where he toured the damaged Kosovo B power plant and met with KEK officials and workers. Kosovo B power plant was struck by lightening during a storm late Friday night. “There is no doubt that this is a tragedy,” said SRSG Michael Steiner.…

UNMIK/PR/777 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner returned from his visit to Montenegro today, where he met Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic, foreign minister Dragan Durovic, deputy finance minister Koviljka Mihajlovic and representatives of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian community IDPs from Kosovo…

UNMIK/PR/776 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner yesterday welcomed the Advisor to the European I Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr Dimitri Demekas, to the third EFC meeting. Mr Demekos mentioned the reduced interest of Donors in Kosovo and the shifting away of attention. The SRSG…

UNMIK/PR/774 VIENNA—SRSG Michael Steiner the OSCE’s Permanent Council that the reality of the situation in Kosovo has improved further than many people’s perception. He praised the OSCE for playing a central role in transforming Kosovo into a place where all its people can live in security and…

UNMIK/PR/774 VIENNA—SRSG Michael Steiner told the OSCE’s Permanent Council that the reality of the situation in Kosovo has improved further than many people’s perception. He praised the OSCE for playing a central role in transforming Kosovo into a place where all its people can live in security and…

UNMIK/PR/771 PRISTINA - UNMIK has taken a step closer to creating a multiethnic judiciary after judicial officials in Serbia agreed to encourage Kosovo Serb judicial experts to apply for posts in the Kosovo judiciary. Currently, of 320 judges and prosecutors serving in Kosovo, only three Kosovo…

UNMIK/PR/770 On Thursday 4 July UNMIK Customs Officers seized over 20 million cigarettes in raids on premises in the Lesak (Leposavic) area of Kosovo. The seizure was as a result of close co-operation between Customs, KFOR and Police. Initial enquiries suggest that the cigarettes, all Marlboro brand…