Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1365 PRISTINA – The KTA Board met yesterday and discussed amongst other issues the next steps in the privatisation process. The KTA Board instructed the KTA management to launch the 6th wave of privatisation immediately, after discussing in-depth the enterprises recommended for…

UNMIK/PR/1364 PRISTINA – Operational control of the Pristina/Prishtine and Gjilan/Gnjilane Detention Centres was handed over to Kosovo Prison Directors in a ceremony held at UNMIK Mission Headquarters in Pristina this morning. The DSRSG for the Police and Justice Pillar, Jean Dussourd, presided over…

UNMIK/PR/1363 PRISTINA - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen this morning addressed the International Donors Conference for the Protection and Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Kosovo, convened by UNESCO at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris. The following is the text of his speech: “Mr. Director General…

UNMIK/PR/1415 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today signed three Executive Decisions (EDs) on Provisional Assemblies for the Pilot Municipal Units in Junik/Junik, Hani i Elezit/Đeneral Jankovič and Mamushë/Mamuša. The EDs determine the number of members of the Provisional Assemblies (15 each)…

UNMIK/PR/1362 PRISTINA - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today met Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Jovan Manasijevski at UNMIK’s headquarters in Pristina. The SRSG briefed Minister Manasijevski, who is paying a one-day visit to Kosovo, on recent developments, including the Technical…

UNMIK/PR/1361 PRISTINA - Yesterday, after 14 months, the KTA Board of Directors has met again in a formal meeting. All Board members were present. The meeting lasted for seven hours (it will be continued for some unfinished agenda points on Wednesday) and was successful: almost all of the proposed…

UNMIK/PR/1360 PRISTINA - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today welcomed the inaugural meeting of the Implementing Committee for the Reconstruction of Religious Monuments which took place at the Council of Europe’s (CoE) office in Pristina this morning. The Implementing Committee’s meeting follows the…

UNMIK/PR/1359 PRISTINA _ SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi today paid a visit to Babljak/Bablak village in Ferizaj/Urosevac municipality where they met Kosovo Serb returnees and community representatives at the local school. During the meeting, a Kosovo Serb community…

UNMIK/PR/1358 SRSG addresses University students and youth groups PRISTINA - this morning SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen delivered the following speech to the University students and youth groups: “Thank you for being here with me today. For a long time I wanted to meet with you to share my thoughts on…

UNMIK/PR/1357 PRISTINA – A briefing for donors was held in Mitrovica today for the purpose of raising funds for the reconstruction of Roma Mahalla, on the south bank of the Ibar River in Mitrovicë/a, that was home to about 8,000 Roma, Ashkaeli and Egyptians (RAE) prior to June 1999. Addressing the…