Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/723 PRISTINA--Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Andy Bearpark, who heads Pillar IV, Reconstruction and Economic Development, gave the following statement at a press briefing at 10:30 a.m. today…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…