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OSCE supports Kosovo Assembly Women’s Caucus in raising funds for women’s health issues

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 26 November 2012 - The OSCE Mission and the Assembly of Kosovo Women’s Caucus launched today a media campaign to raise awareness about the importance of timely testing and detection of breast cancer and to raise funds for the purchase of a mobile mammograph... (

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Self-regulation, code of ethics key to fighting pressure on print media, conclude OSCE conference participants

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 22 November 2012 - Self-regulatory bodies for print media have a key role to play in improving the quality of reporting, protecting media from undue pressure, and increasing their competitiveness in saturated media markets, the participants of an OSCE conference on the state of print media in South Eastern Europe concluded today... (

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OSCE Mission in Kosovo to host regional conference on print media

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 21 November 2012 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo will host tomorrow a regional conference on the state of print media to help identify ways to address challenges affecting independent and professional reporting... (

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Greater youth participation in decision-making needed, says Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 13 November 2012 - The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, urged today at a conference greater involvement of young people in decision-making and policy creation... (

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Despite policy framework improvements, security incidents continue to affect returns process in Kosovo, concludes OSCE report

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 1 November 2012 – Despite encouraging developments in the policy and institutional framework for the protection and promotion of the rights of displaced persons and returnees, security incidents at a number of returns sites continue to negatively affect the returns process, concludes an OSCE Mission in Kosovo report issued today... (

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Greater awareness key to human trafficking prevention, says OSCE Mission in Kosovo

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 17 October 2012 – On the occasion of European Anti-Trafficking Day, today representatives of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo called for greater awareness of the threat of human trafficking. The appeal was made during a presentation of selected poems and essays written by high school students from different Kosovo communities on this topic... (

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OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps Police Inspectorate develop into sustainable oversight institution

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 12 October 2012 – Today the OSCE Mission in Kosovo completed its assistance to the Police Inspectorate... (

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Structured legal measures are needed to put human and community rights legislation into practice in Kosovo, concludes OSCE report

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 1 October 2012 – Despite substantial progress in creating the necessary legal framework to safeguard human and community rights, more needs to be done to put this into practice, an OSCE Mission in Kosovo report issued today concludes... (

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OSCE Chairmanship representative, in Pristina, says further reforms needed to ensure stable future

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 26 September 2012 – Ireland remains committed to building a stable future for all the communities in Kosovo, said the representative of the Irish OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office, Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton, in her meetings with leaders in Kosovo today... (

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Fostering public participation in decision-making crucial for Kosovo’s democracy, says OSCE Mission Head

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 15 September 2012 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, marking International Democracy Day, highlighted the importance of public participation and transparency in political decision-making...