Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/804 PRISTINA – The Commissioner of Police and the Director of the Department of Justice announce the arrest of a suspect on suspicion of murder, torture and illegal detention. The arrest was requested by an…

UNMIK/PR/803 Delivered on 2 August 2002 You have talked a great deal about law in this course. I would like to speak today about that elusive concept that everyone agrees is inextricably linked to law, even if it is difficult…

UNMIK/PR/802 PRISTINA – The Prime Minister of the German state of Bavaria, Dr. Edmund Stoiber, called SRSG Michael Steiner on the phone after the cancellation of their meeting due to an engine problem with Mr. Stoiber’s…

UNMIK/PR/800 PRISTINA--An arrest warrant has been issued for Dr. Milan Ivanovic on charges of attempted murder. The arrest warrant was issued by an international investigating judge at the request of an international…

UNMIK/PR/799 SRSG Michael Steiner today announced that mismanagement and improper housekeeping contributed to the damage caused by a major fire sparked by a lightning strike to Kosovo’s main power plant on July 19. The SRSG…

UNMIK/PR/798 PRISTINA/SALZBURG – Strengthened regional co-operation in the fields of trade liberalisation, the fight against organised crime, energy, return of refugees and displaced persons and media development were on the…

UNMIK/PR/797 PRISTINA – Tomorrow SRSG Michael Steiner will meet the Special Coordinator for the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, Erhard Busek, and the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Paddy Ashdown, to…

UNMIK/PR/796 KLOKOT - Directly upon arriving in Kosovo from New York where he had addressed the UN Security Council, SRSG Michael Steiner visited the village of Klokot in the Gnjilane region where yesterday five Serb houses…

UNMIK/PR/795 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner was informed about the explosions in Klokot and Balance after having addressed the United Nations Security Council and having received warm support for his priorities in Kosovo…

UNMIK/PR/794 PRISTINA – Beginning 1 July 2002, Kosovo pensioners will start receiving Basic Pensions at the monthly rate of 28 euro. SRSG Michael Steiner on 26 July promulgated the law as adopted by the Kosovo Assembly on 4…