News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMIK/PR/1766 PRISTINA – Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo Mr. Farid Zarif issued the following message on the occasion of Ramazan Bajram (Eid-al-Fitr): “On behalf of UNMIK, I would like to congratulate all Muslims in Kosovo on the conclusion of the holy month of…

UNMIK/PR/1765 PRISTINA – Mr Farid Zarif arrived in Kosovo on Tuesday to take up the leadership of UNMIK in his new role as the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General. Mr Zarif has an extensive field experience, having been UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in Baghdad in the nineties…

UNMIK/PR/1764 PRISTINA - Robert Sorenson, UNMIK Officer in Charge, expresses his deep concern for the ongoing situation in northern Kosovo and calls upon all parties to refrain from any action which could further exacerbate the situation. UNMIK strongly condemns the violence and believes that…

UNMIK/PR/1763 PRISTINA- As of 1 July 2011, Mr. Robert E. Sorenson has been designated Officer-in-Charge of UNMIK by UN Headquarters in New York. The decision was made following the departure of Mr. Lamberto Zannier. Mr. Sorenson joined UNMIK in March 2009 as Chief of Staff. A former career U.S…

UNMIK/PR/1762 PRISTINA - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK Lamberto Zannier, announced today that he will be taking up the post of Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) and leave Kosovo. Mr. Zannier, a…

UNMIK/PR/1761 “As we mark the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, we pay tribute to the more than 120,000 military, police and civilians serving worldwide under the blue flag, including in Kosovo, and remember those who lost their lives in the cause of peace” the SRSG Lamberto Zannier…

UNMIK/PR/1760 The new version of UNMIK's website is now online: http://www.unmikonline.org The revamp of the website serves two key purposes. First, to improve user experience, the site has been re-organised to better address visitor expectations and preferences. The new structure is more intuitive…

UNMIK/PR/674 PRISTINA - A new telephone switch was installed by PTK at the Ilyria telecom center in Pristina on 13 December 2001, enhancing its capacity to provide new telephone lines to subscribers in Pristina. Thanks to the investments by EAR and the support of the UNMIK Directorate for…

UNMIK/PR/673 PRISTINA - A new management team has been appointed to PTK. Ms. Leme Xhema, Director General of PTK, has announced the following names: Mr. Adnan Merovci as Director, Post Mr. Bedri Rama as Director, Telecom Mr. Sebahedin Ramaxhiku as Legal Manager Mr. Bujar Sokoli as Financial Manager…

UNMIK/PR/672 PRISTINA - Members of the Interim Administrative Council today welcomed draft regulations that UNMIK has deemed necessary to promulgate before the end of the year, due to fiscal or other deadlines. Acting SRSG Charles Brayshaw introduced draft regulations on the Kosovo Consolidated…

UNMIK/PR/670 PRISTINA - The first meeting of the High Level Working Group established by the Common Document between UNMIK and the FRY/Serbia Coordination Center for Kosovo took place today in Pristina. Chaired by UNMIK PDSRSG Charles Brayshaw, the High Level Working Group set out the principles of…

UNMIK/PR/671 PRISTINA - A panel of three international judges in the Kosovo Supreme Court has ordered the release of Avdi Behluli, Jusuf Veliu and Cele Gashi, detained since the attack on a public bus in February in Podujevo, which resulted in the deaths of 11 Kosovo Serbs. The Supreme Court…