Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1155 PRISTINA – SRSG Harri Holkeri has signed an Executive Decision today, directing the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) to immediately implement an evacuation plan for the residents of Hade…

UNMIK/PR/1154 PRISTINA – Today at around 5 pm the body of a male child was found washed up on the side of a riverbank in the Lipjan area of Pristina. The police link the body with that of a Kosovo Albanian child reported…

UNMIK/PR/1153 PRISTINA – Today DSRSG Francesco Bastagli and PM Bajram Rexhepi, accompanied by Minister of Culture Bexhet Brajshori and Minister for Spatial Planning Ethem Çeku, witnessed the start of reconstruction of the YU…

UNMIK/PR/1152 PRISTINA - On behalf of the SRSG, the Deputy SRSG for Pillar I Jean-Christian Cady today attended the funeral of KPS Officer Arsim Rrustolli who was shot while on duty on 23 March 2004. Conveying the condolences…

UNMIK/PR/1151 PRISTINA - Yesterday, 23 March, at approximately 9:45 pm, a police patrol in a marked UNMIK Police car came under attack with automatic gunfire along the Pristina–Podujevo main road. The attack happened when the…

UNMIK/PR/1148 PRISTINA – PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw today visited religious sites and homes attacked during the recent rioting in Kosovo and visited a temporary shelter for people displaced by the violence. Mr. Brayshaw…

UNMIK/PR/1147 PRISTINA – SRSG Harri Holkeri today met Bishop Artemije in Gracanica and discussed the situation emerging from last week’s violence and rioting in Kosovo. Earlier in the day, he visited Obilic and saw the…

UNMIK/PR/1146 PRISTINA – Tomorrow marks five years since NATO intervened to stop the killing in Kosovo. We understand the feelings of many that this event should be marked by public commemorations. We agree that all the…

UNMIK/PR/1149 We have all been deeply shocked and upset by the events of the last few days. I didn’t expect them. We must take stock together, reflect on what has happened and consider how we can go forward. Today is the…

UNMIK/PR/1144 PRISTINA – SRSG Harri Holkeri today visited homes and religious buildings attacked during the recent rioting in Kosovo. Mr. Holkeri travelled to Lipljan, where he met with Deputy Mayor Borivoje Vignjevic and saw…