Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1634 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker met French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy today in Paris. Among the issues discussed were the recent meeting…

UNMIK/PR/1632 - UNMIK Countdown #9 PRISTINA – The UNMIK Customs Service in the past seven years has collected over €2.5 billion towards the Kosovo Consolidated Budget. The average cost for each Euro collected is less than 1.5…

UNMIK/PR/1629 - UNMIK Countdown #8 PRISTINA – The Kosovo Police Service (KPS) has become a highly respected Kosovo institution that enjoys the trust of its citizens and is one of the most effective police organizations in the…

UNMIK/PR/1630 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker met Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema today in Rome. The SRSG acknowledged the key role of Italy in Southeast…

UNMIK/PR/1627 - UNMIK Countdown #7 PRISTINA – UNMIK Civil Administration has successfully tackled an enormous range of challenges since the start of the mission in 1999, ranging from getting basic services up and running in…

UNMIK/PR/1627 PRISTINA – Principal Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (PDSRSG) Steven Schook’s greeting on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas: On behalf of SRSG Joachim Rücker and all of us in…

UNMIK/PR/1626 PRISTINA – UNMIK would like to correct issues regarding property ownership in Kosovo that were grossly misrepresented in a Belgrade newspaper report today. The article is factually incorrect and misrepresents…

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UNMIK/PR/1625 PRISTINA – Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker would like to convey the following message for the people of Kosovo on the occasion of the upcoming holiday of Kurban…

UNMIK/PR/1624 UNMIK Countdown #6 PRISTINA – UN Volunteers participation in UNMIK dates back to the beginning of the mission in June 1999 when some 200 UN Volunteers supported the mission in humanitarian work, organizing food…