Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1235 PRISTINA - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and the Ambassador of Japan to Serbia and Montenegro, H.E. Ryuichi Tanabe exchanged notes today on a training programme for Kosovars in Japan. Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi…

UNMIK/PR/1234 PRISTINA - “By working together with KFOR, UNMIK, UNHCR and local authorities, I am convinced that it should be possible to find an urgent solution so that we can stop this humanitarian tragedy,” SRSG Soren…

UNMIK/PR/1233 PRISTINA - The Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) announces today that an accreditation examination will take place on a range of medical specialisms for Kosovan experts in Pristina on 14th October…

UNMIK/PR/1232 PRISTINA - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and the Finance Minister of the Republic of Albania, Arben Malaj signed today the “Agreement on the Elimination of Double Tax”. The Kosovo Government was represented by its…

UNMIK/PR/1229 This seminar is very timely, as it addresses one of the major problems of Kosovo. I would like it to focus on the practical issues of money laundering, as Kosovo is still in the process of establishing a modern…

UNMIK/PR/1230 Dear citizens of Kosovo, tomorrow marks the beginning of the election campaign. This may well be the most important election in Kosovo so far. An Assembly and Government will be elected which will be governing…

UNMIK/PR/1231 PRISTINA – Internationals squared off against locals in a friendly basketball game to celebrate International Peace Day. While the team led by UNMIK and KFOR came out on top with 50 points against the PISG’s 47…

UNMIK/PR/1228 I am honoured to join today in the inauguration of a very important conference. Respect for human gender identity, and particularly of gender equality, is firmly supported by the International Community and is…

UNMIK/PR/1227 PRISTINA – The Financial Information Centre became operational this month under the Police and Justice Pillar of UNMIK in Pristina. The Centre has been established pursuant to the provisions of UNMIK Regulation…

UNMIK/PR/1243 PRISTINA – UNMIK notes with great disappointment that Bishop Artemije has decided unilaterally to withdraw from an agreement with the PISG to reconstruct Orthodox religious sites damaged during the violent riots…