Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1204 PRISTINA – Acting SRSG Charles Brayshaw today appointed Jasper Dick as the acting managing director of the Kosovo Trust Agency. Mr. Dick first joined the KTA at the start of November 2002, where he has served until now as Director of the Control and Supervisory Department. He…

UNMIK/PR/1203 PRISTINA – OMPF will award the first forensic medicine diploma in Kosovo to four doctors tomorrow. The diploma course has provided capacity-building training in forensic medicine for these local professionals, as a key part of its ongoing efforts to modernise the medical legal…

UNMIK/PR/1202 PRISHTINA - UNMIK has closely followed today’s session of the Assembly of Kosovo, which discussed proposals to amend the Constitutional Framework. UNMIK’s position on the current initiative to amend the Constitutional Framework is clear. A comprehensive review of the Constitutional…

UNMIK/PR/1201 Mr. Prime Minister, Municipal Assembly Presidents, Party Leaders, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am very pleased to join you here this morning to address how we make standards a reality for everyone in Kosovo. Your role in municipal government could not be more important in this task that is…

UNMIK/PR/1200 PRISTINA – On 25 June 2004, a panel composed of three international judges of the District Court of Gnjilane, pronounced the following verdict in the criminal case against Shefqet Musliu and four other accused: The accused SHEFQET MUSLIU was found guilty of the offences of kidnapping…

UNMIK/PR/1199 PRISTINA - Representatives of the international community, led by UNMIK and the PISG held a friendly football match today at Pristina Stadium to mark 23 June as the Olympic Day. Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi captained the PISG team, while the head of Pillar IV Nickolaus Lambsdorff, led…

UNMIK/PR/1198 PRISTINA - It has come to our attention that companies and individuals both inside and outside Kosovo without authorization are using HPD documents and an outdated logo to gain personal profit facilitating real estate transactions in Kosovo. HPD is not mandated, hence not engaged in…

UNMIK/PR/1197 PRISTINA – Today 36 Kosovans took the Oath of Office as new members of the judicial and prosecutorial service. Mr Jean-Christian Cady, Deputy SRSG for Police and Justice, and Mr Rexhep Haximusa, President of the Supreme Court of Kosovo, officiated at the swearing-in ceremony held at…

UNMIK/PR/1196 The Office of Gender Affairs in UNMIK’s Civil Administration, has published the first complete survey of all available gender statistics, “Women and Men in Kosovo”, which will contribute to redressing the lack of gender disaggregated data at the disposal of Kosovar institutions. The…

UNMIK/PR/1195 PRISTINA - SRSG Harri Holkeri today met with EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, to discuss the developments and the progress made since the riots of March 2004. The SRSG and the High Representative strongly condemned Saturday’s drive-by…