Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1182 PRISTINA – Today Mr Charles Brayshaw, Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, officiated at a swearing-in ceremony held at the UNMIK HQ in Pristina, where two Court Presidents and six…

UNMIK/PR/1181 Mr. President, this is my first report to you since the brutal wave of violence in mid-March. The violence was the most serious setback to UNMIK’s efforts of the last five years and shook the mission to its…

UNMIK/PR/1180 PRISTINA – The UN Mission in Kosovo has received the report of Amnesty International on human trafficking in Kosovo, but finds it highly unbalanced and considers that it does not properly address the real and…

UNMIK/PR/1179 PRISTINA – SRSG Harri Holkeri signed two new regulations today, completing the essential legal framework for the 2004 Kosovo Assembly elections. The first of the Regulations is on the registration and operation…

UNMIK/PR/1178 PRISTINA – A Stakeholders’ Workshop on Public Administration Strategy for Kosovo was inaugurated today in Pristina by SRSG Harri Holkeri and Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi. The two-day event, organized by the…

UNMIK/PR/1175 Mr. President, distinguished Members of the Assembly, I feel honoured to address the Parliamentary Assembly today. It gives me a great pleasure to be with you, and to personally express appreciation for the…

UNMIK/PR/1177 PRISTINA - Two Macedonian nationals, Messrs. Avdil Jakupi and Xhemail Hyseni were today transferred to the custody of the Government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to answer a variety of…

UNMIK/PR/1174 PRISTINA – Police have arrested three persons today for suspected involvement in corruption and concluding of harmful contracts on behalf of the Post and Telecommunications Enterprise of Kosovo (PTK). Those…

UNMIK/PR/1173 PRISTINA – Today SRSG Harri Holkeri and PM Bajram Rexhepi officially opened the Liaison Office for Coordination of International Cooperation and Regional Dialogue in the Office of the Prime Minister. The…

UNMIK/PR/1172 PRISTINA – Today SRSG Harri Holkeri together with senior officials from UNMIK commemorated the American corrections officers killed at the Mitrovica detention center. Kim Bigley and Lynn Williams died of gunshot…