Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1368 New postcodes for Kosovo authorized by UNMIK became effective 1st of June 2005. PTK is responsible for the implementation of the new postcodes. The new postcodes were developed in cooperation with the Universal Postal Union (UPU). UNMIK approved the new postcodes for Kosovo as the…

UNMIK/PR/1369 On Wednesday and Thursday this week, UNMIK/PISG hosted the second meeting of the National Coordinators for the South East Europe Transport Observatory (SEETO). This is the first time that the SEETO National Coordinators from Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Former Yugoslavian…

UNMIK/PR/1367 PRISTINA - The Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF), in cooperation with the UNMIK Police Missing Persons Unit (MPU) and the Serbian authorities, transferred 64 mortal remains from Serbia proper to Kosovo today. The mortal remains relate to bodies exhumed from Batajnica and…

UNMIK/PR/1366 PRISTINA -SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen has just finished addressing the UN Security Council at the start of the UNSC’s session on Kosovo at UN Headquarters in New York. This is the text of his address: “ Mr President, Let me begin by congratulating you as the President of the Council…

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…