Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/815 PRISTINA – Yesterday, Major General Andrew Cumming took up his new post as the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) Co-ordinator for the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). SRSG Michael Steiner had recently appointed Major…

UNMIK/PR/816 PRISTINA – On September 9 and 10 SRSG Michael Steiner traveled to Tirana for meetings with Prime Minister Fatos Nano, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ilir Meta and Tirana Mayor Edi Rama. The meetings…

UNMIK/PR/814 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner met today with M. Dominique de Villepin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, to discuss the general situation in Kosovo and the contribution of France to the international…

UNMIK/PR/813 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today met with the Commander of Allied Forces for Southern Europe, Admiral Gregory Johnson on his regular visit to the region. The SRSG briefed the Admiral on the political and…

UNMIK/PR/812 Following the third meeting of the Energy Committee, SRSG Michael Steiner announced the appointment of Josef Rieder as Interim Head of the Kosovo Electric Company (KEK) to oversee the Kosovo power system through…

UNMIK/PR/810 PRISTINA- Acting SRSG Charles Brayshaw today visited the site of the Mobile Cultural Container project and the new bridge construction leading to it, in Mitrovica. The Mobile Cultural Container project, which is…

UNMIK/PR/809 We would like to correct a misunderstanding that has appeared recently in certain media: UNMIK cannot confirm the discovery of any new mass grave site in Suva Reka, or in the rest of Kosovo. UNMIK's Missing…

UNMIK/PR/808 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has announced the appointment of Francesco Bastagli as his Deputy Special Representative in Kosovo (UNMIK). Mr. Bastagli took up his duties in Pristina yesterday to be…

UNMIK/PR/807 Since its arrival in Kosovo and under UNSC 1244, UNMIK has been mandated with establishing the rule of law. Not only the Security Council and the international community, but also the people of Kosovo have…

UNMIK/PR/805 Today PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw visited the municipalities of Kline/Klina and Istog/Istok as well as two small communities to which displaced Kosovo Serbs have been returning. Mr. Brayshaw used the occasion to…