Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/921 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today met with Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi, COMKFOR General Mini, and UNHCR Chief of Mission Mr. Walter Irvine to launch the “Manual for Sustainable Returns”. The Manual, which…

UNMIK/PR/920 PRISTINA – I wish Muslims in Kosovo a Happy Bajram. This auspicious religious day symbolizes unity, peace, solidarity and compassion. At the same time, I express my fervent hope for peace in your families and…

UNMIK/PR/919 Mr. President, What do people in Kosovo want? Last week I visited Ferizaj/Uroševac, the third largest town in Kosovo, Pejë/Peć, at the foot of the mountains and Mitrovicë/Mitrovica on the banks of the river Ibar…

UNMIK/PR/918 PRISTINA - Monday’s edition of Bota Sot contains an article that makes unfounded and scurrilous allegations regarding the case of Sali Veseli and others, better known as the Commander Drini case. The journalist…

UNMIK/PR/917 A review of the activities, achievements and goals of the Office on Missing Persons and Forensics, Department of Justice. Exhumations Since 1999, 4019 bodies of victims of the conflict have been recovered and…

UNMIK/PR/916 Pristina – SRSG Michael Steiner says that UNMIK and KFOR are responsible for security in Kosovo. The SRSG sees no reason for the international community to change its position in regard to UNSCR 1244, paragraph 9…

UNMIK/PR/915 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today visited Mitrovica and met leaders of the Mitrovica Municipal Assembly, including its President Faruk Spahija and deputy president Mursan Ibrahimi, and discussed with them the…

UNMIK/PR/914 PRISTINA - A three-day orientation course for Municipal Gender Officers (MGOs) from all thirty municipalities of Kosovo was held from 29 to 31 January at the Grand Hotel in Pristina. The establishment of the…

UNMIK/PR/913 PRISTINA - DPI Director Mr. Simon Haselock has been completely misquoted by Java magazine on the issue of President Ibrahim Rugova’s photograph being distributed to different ministries in the Provisional…

For Example, Kosovo: Seven Principles for Building Peace Ladies and Gentlemen, We’ve come a long way since the best advice for keeping the peace was Basil Fawlty’s order to Polly and Manuel: ‘Don’t mention the war.’ The years…