Press Releases

UNMIK/PR/1670 - UNMIK Countdown #19 PRISTINA - By implementing a Probation Service in Kosovo, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Kosovo Correctional Service (KCS) have proved to be pioneers in the Balkans, providing Kosovo…

UNMIK/PR/1669 - UNMIK Countdown #18 PRISTINA – On 30 March 2007, a ceremony in Mitrovicë/a marked the beginning of the return of the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian (RAE) community to the Roma Mahala, in what is arguably the most…

UNMIK/PR/1667 PRISTINA – Today the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Joachim Rücker issued the following statement on the occasion of Easter: “I send greetings to all people and families of Kosovo who…

UNMIK/PR/1666 Today at the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) Barracks in Llukar/Lukare, UNMIK’s Office of the KPC Coordinator (OKPCC) and the KPC marked UN International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action…

UNMIK/PR/1665 - UNMIK Countdown #17 PRISTINA – When UNMIK’s Institution-Building Pillar, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, took up its mandate, the media landscape was not as developed and as pluralistic as it is now. For seven…

UNMIK/PR/1664 - Correction PRISTINA – UNMIK Customs Service will now be fully managed by local Customs Officials. At a celebration today at the main headquarters of the Service, PDSRSG Steven Schook congratulated the newly…

UNMIK/PR/1661 Mitrovice/Mitrovica – A ceremony today marked the beginning of the return of the Roma community to the Roma Mahala, that was once home to about 8,000 Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians (RAE) prior to June 1999. “Return…

UNMIK/PR/1660 PRISTINA - “Monday of this week was a turning point in the history of the status process,” said SRSG Joachim Rücker today in Gjakovë/Ðakovica. The SRSG was addressing a full auditorium of citizens in a town hall…

UNMIK/PR/1659 - UNMIK Countdown #16 PRISTINA – Since its establishment in 1999, the Kosovo Correctional Service (KCS) has been transformed from an internationally run service with severely damaged facilities to one…