Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1325 Pristina - SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen this afternoon made the following statement following the resignation of Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj: “I have taken note of Ramush Haradinaj's decision to step down with immediate effect as Prime Minister of Kosovo. I do, of course, respect his…

UNMIK/PR/1323 PRISTINA – UNMIK and the Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW) have signed today a Financing Agreement for Improvement of Water Supply and Sewage. The KfW will provide 9 million Euro for this important sector. The Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Bajram Kosumi, initialled…

UNMIK/PR/1324 Today, I pay tribute to all Kosovo women, from all communities and from all walks of life, for their great contribution to the political and economic developments in Kosovo, and for their resilience and perseverance over the years – in the face of violent conflict, of adverse economic…

UNMIK/PR/1322 PRISTINA - Principal Deputy SRSG Larry Rossin today praised the functioning of the municipal institutions during his two-day visit to Prizren. Addressing the Municipal Assembly, the PDSRSG said it was particularly encouraging that salaries and fixed costs accounted for an unusually low…

UNMIK/PR/1321 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today promulgated UNMIK Regulation 2005/13 on the Allocation of Socially-Owned Immovable Property Managed by Municipalities in Kosovo. The Regulation will enable UNMIK to grant Municipalities authorisation to make long-term allocations of municipal…

UNMIK/PR/1319 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen this morning met Prime Minister Vlado Buchkovski of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia who is paying a one-day visit to Kosovo. The SRSG briefed the Prime Minister and his delegation which included the Deputy Prime Minister and the Foreign…

UNMIK/PR/1351 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen today opened the 6th meeting of National Coordinators of the Small Enterprise Charter for Western Balkans and Moldova. This is the first time that the meeting, which continues tomorrow, is being held in Pristina. It brings together all the…

UNMIK/PR/1317 PRISTINA – On his first visit to Belgrade, the new DSRSG Joachim Ruecker today met Deputy Prime Minister Miroljub Labus, other senior officials of the Serbian government and representatives of the international community. DSRSG Ruecker said at a press conference that he had gone to…

UNMIK/PR/1315 PRISTINA – SRSG Søren Jessen-Petersen and COMKFOR Yves de Kermabon received Serbian President Boris Tadic this morning at UNMIK's Headquarters in Pristina, as he began a two-day visit to Kosovo. The SRSG expressed his hope that President Tadic would use his visit to obtain a complete…

UNMIK/PR/1314 PRISTINA – The Deputy SRSG for Pillar IV, Joachim Ruecker, has signed contracts for the sale of 12 companies from the third wave of privatisation in Kosovo. The total value of the contracts is nearly €10 million for the sale of the “NewCos” (new companies) created from formerly…