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UNMIK/PR/852 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today welcomed the ICTY Chief Prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, on her second trip to Kosovo this year. Ms. Del Ponte also met with KFOR Commander General Fabio Mini and UNMIK…

UNMIK/PR/851 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today praised the OSCE for the “efficiency with which it had swung into action” to run the “election engine”. Speaking to journalists after meeting the International Polling…

UNMIK/PR/850 1. I shall invite the leaders of the major Kosovo political parties and coalitions which participate in all-inclusive municipal elections to a Decentralisation Meeting on 1 November in Gnjilane/Gjilan. At this…

UNMIK/PR/845 The SRSG Michael Steiner stands by his Seven Point Plan and his concept for decentralization. The SRSG says there will be no decentralization leading to separation. There have been no UNMIK talks or negotiations…

UNMIK/PR/848 PRISTINA - SRSG Michael Steiner met today with the Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Pavle and four Bishops from the Holy Synod in Belgrade. During a long and cordial meeting, they talked about the current situation in…

UNMIK/PR/847 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner opened today together with Kosovo’s President Ibrahim Rugova a private enterprise for liquefied petroleum gas in Fushë Kosova/Kosovo Polje. The company “Standard Plin” is a joint…

UNMIK/PR/844 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner visited today two successful factories in the municipalities of Peja/Pec and Suva Reka/Suhareka to underline his commitment to a speedy recover of the economy. In Peja/Pec Mr…

UNMIK/PR/843 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner today visited the International Fair AGROKOS in the youth center “Boro Ramiz” in Pristina. The fair that opened today displays agricultural goods, animals, feed and food processing…

UNMIK/PR/842 PRISTINA – The Energy Committee met for the fifth time today at 1500hrs in the UNMIK HQ. SRSG Michael Steiner chaired the meeting. Prime Minister Dr. Bajram Rexhepi, DCOMKFOR Major General Perruche, Josef Rieder…

UNMIK/PR/846 Clint Williamson, Director of the Department of Justice, is pleased to announce that on 1 October 2002 the Penal Management Division (PMD) established a Conditional Release Commission in accordance with the…

UNMIK/PR/841 PRISTINA – SRSG Michael Steiner condemned yesterday afternoon’s violent attack by a mob against pensioners in Pec/Peja as “deplorable, disgraceful and disgusting”. The SRSG noted: “This incident is especially…

UNMIK/PR/840 UNMIK confirms that Milan Ivanovic has handed himself to the UNMIK Court in Mitrovica In response to the information that Milan Ivanovic has handed himself in to the UNMIK Court in Mitrovica this morning, the…