Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/720 PRISTINA - The International Prosecutor for Prizren has filed an indictment charging Martin Almer, Feriz Thaqi and Isa Ulluri with grave bodily injury, light bodily injury, extraction of a statement under duress, maltreatment in the course of duty, abuse of office and giving a false…

UNMIK/PR/719 Mr. President, Members of the Council, I am pleased to tell you that the UN operation in Kosovo under Resolution 1244 has entered a new phase, allowing us to make new proposals for the way ahead. In the period from June 1999 UNMIK concentrated on the humanitarian crisis, essential…

UNMIK/PR/718 SRSG Michael Steiner delivered the following address today at the University of Pristina titled “A New Generation, A New Economy,” on UNMIK’s plans for privatization and revitalizing the Kosovo economy. “Good morning, It’s good to see youth here today. Still some of you might remember…

UNMIK/PR716 Pristina – Six Ashkali families will return to their homes in Vushtrii/Vucitrn today. Their return to Kosovo, which was planned over the last year, has been positively supported by Vushtrii municipal authorities as well as the local population. The Vushtrii Municipal Assembly adopted a…

UNMIK/PR/715 Pristina – SRSG Michael Steiner today sent a letter to Bishop Artemije on issues of importance to the future of Kosovo: peace and stability, rule of law, returns, the recent violence in North Mitrovica. SRSG Michael Steiner will meet with Bishop Artemije on Tuesday, April 16 in the…

UNMIK/PR/713 SRSG Michael Steiner and authorities of the FRY and Serbia yesterday signed an Agreement on the Transfer of Sentenced Prisoners. The agreement brings Yugoslavia and Kosovo into conformity with the European Convention on Sentenced Prisoners. That Convention was signed by several European…

UNMIK/PR/712 Pristina – SRSG Michael Steiner spent the Easter weekend visiting Kosovo’s various regions in an effort to become better acquainted with the people, culture and issues affecting the lives of Kosovars. On Saturday, SRSG Michael Steiner went to the historic town of Prizren, considered the…

UNMIK/PR/710 Pristina – SRSG Michael Steiner today welcomed the release of 80 Kosovo Albanian political prisoners who had been held for the last three years in Serbian prisons. SRSG Michael Steiner, who went to Dubrava Prison in western Kosovo to greet the prisoners as they were released from the…

UNMIK/PR/709 SRSG Michael Steiner announced today that all Kosovo Albanians remaining in Serbian prisons who so wished have been returned to Kosovo. These were the last known Kosovo Albanians held in Serbia, since Yugoslav forces in June 1999 moved approximately 2,000 prisoners from Kosovo to other…

UNMIK/PR/708 Pristina - SRSG Michael Steiner has signed Regulation 2002/6 on Covert and Technical Measures of Surveillance and Investigation, which is intended to strengthen efforts to combat organized and other serious crime in Kosovo. The regulation enables law enforcement authorities to use a…