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OSCE Mission in Kosovo help municipal officials develop returns and repatriation databases

16 October 2012

A series of two training workshops on systematic data collection and development of databases on returnees and repatriated persons for 19 municipal officers for communities and returns from Gjilan/Gnjilane region concluded on 12 October 2012 in Gjilan/Gnjilane. (

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OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps standardize municipal acts

15 October 2012

A five-day workshop on standardization of municipal acts organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, the Association of Kosovo Municipalities and the German Agency for International Co-operation (GIZ) concluded on 12 October 2012 in Durrës, Albania... (

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Kosovo's Minister of Interior Affairs, Bajram Rexhepi (r), presents a certificate of appreciation to the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Jean-Claude Schlumberger (l), at the end of a press conference marking the conclusion of the Mission’s direct-support programme to the Police Inspectorate of Kosovo, Prishtine/Prishtina, 12 October 2012.

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

12 October 2012

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

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OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports development of municipal regulations on gender equality

3 October 2012

A workshop organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo on the development of municipal regulation on gender equality for nine municipalities in the Gjilan/Gnjilane region concluded on 1 October 2012... (

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Dubioza Kolektiv, a band from Sarajevo, performing at an OSCE-supported multiligual concert, Prishtinë/Priština, 20 August 2012.

OSCE Mission in Kosovo spurs cultural and linguistic tolerance

3 October 2012

Some 2,500 young people from different parts and communities in Kosovo gathered in Germia Park on the outskirts of Prishtinë/Priština for a rare event on 20 August 2012. The OSCE Mission to Kosovo in co-operation with the Municipality of Prishtinë/Priština and the Norwegian Embassy sponsored an open-air multilingual concert with rock bands from Kosovo and the region... (

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

1 October 2012

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 Mission in Kosovo trains municipal officials on assistance available to repatriated persons

27 September 2012

On 25 September 2012 the OSCE Mission and the Kosovo Employment Promotion Agency concluded a series of two-day workshops on accessing income generation assistance from the central-level reintegration fund for municipal officers for communities and returns (MOCRs) from 25 municipalities... (

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The Representative of the Irish OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office, Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton (front left) at a meeting during her visit to Prishtinë/Priština, 26 September 2012.

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

26 September 2012

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

14 September 2012

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...

Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns shooting incident

7 September 2012

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 7 September 2012 - The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer condemned today this morning’s attack on EULEX and Kosovo police vehicles in the village of Donje Verage/Varagë e Poshtme in northern Kosovo...