Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1680 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker met today with local residents in Osojan/e village, despite some village leaders’ boycott of a town hall meeting…

UNMIK/PR/1678 - UNMIK Countdown #24 PRISTINA – With 57 international security officers from 30 different countries, assisted by 250 local staff, UNMIK Security since 1999 has been able, through information and prevention…

UNMIK/PR/1677 - UNMIK Countdown #23 PRISTINA – Over the last five years, UNMIK's Institution-Building Pillar, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, has supported the establishment of the Assembly of Kosovo and its continued…

UNMIK/PR/1676 PRISTINA – In remarks made today in Zagreb at the 10th Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the South-East European Co-operation Process (SEECP), Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in…

UNMIK/PR/1675 - UNMIK Countdown #22 PRISTINA – In early 2000, UNMIK helped create the Department of Sports (DoS) in Kosovo. Only one year later, in 2001, a brand new Ministry was established to deal with Culture, Youth…

UNMIK/PR/1674 PRISTINA –In a briefing today for the European Union (EU) Political and Security Committee in Brussels, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker said that further…

UNMIK/PR/1673 - UNMIK Countdown #21 PRISTINA – Training and development of a democratic police service was one the mandates given to OSCE Mission in Kosovo in 1999. With the aim to create a modern police force that would…

UNMIK/PR/1671 - UNMIK Countdown #20 PRISTINA – The Standards for Kosovo were established in 2002-3 as eight fields or ‘Benchmarks’ seen as priorities for the recently-established Kosovo institutions. The eight fields were…

UNMIK/PR/1670 - UNMIK Countdown #19 PRISTINA - By implementing a Probation Service in Kosovo, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Kosovo Correctional Service (KCS) have proved to be pioneers in the Balkans, providing Kosovo…