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OSCE Mission to Serbia supports economic education programme for Roma women
Publishing date: 26 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Education, Roma and Sinti
BELGRADE/NIS, 26 June 2007- A three-month education programme for the economic empowerment of Roma women ended today in the southern Serbian city of Nis with a discussion on how to improve municipal support to their business activities...
OSCE Kosovo Mission encourages legal recognition of all ethnic communities, says Ambassador
Publishing date: 25 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
FERIZAJ/UROSEVAC, 25 June 2007- Ambassador Werner Wnendt, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, called today for a stronger commitment by Kosovo's Provisional Institutional of Self-Government (PISG) central and municipal authorities...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo to mark International Roma Day
Publishing date: 6 April 2007
PRISTINA, 6 April 2007- On the occasion of International Roma Day, marked 8 April, the acting Head of the OSCE Mission extended congratulations and good wishes to the Roma community in Kosovo, and said...
OSCE Mission to Skopje marks Roma Day
Publishing date: 5 April 2007
SKOPJE, 5 April 2007- The Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje marked International Roma Day, celebrated on 8 April, by hosting a meeting with ethnic Roma leaders from central and local governments, representing...
OSCE human rights body welcomes creation of new EU Fundamental Rights Agency
Publishing date: 1 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
VIENNA, 1 March 2007- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, has welcomed the new European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, which was inaugurated today in Vienna...
OSCE Mission, Roma Women's Network organize visit of young Roma people to Serbian Parliament
Publishing date: 16 December 2006
BELGRADE, 16 December 2006- A group of 80 young people from Roma settlements in western Serbia visited the National Assembly today. The visit was part of the OSCE Mission's...
OSCE Mission organizes meeting to encourage dialogue between police and Roma communities in Vojvodina
Publishing date: 8 December 2006
BELGRADE, 8 December 2006- Encouraging a dialogue between police and Roma communities in Vojvodina was the aim of a meeting held in Novi Sad today. The event, the first of its kind in Serbia, was organized by the OSCE Mission...