News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE facilitated preparatory technical working group meeting on durable solutions for displaced persons from Kosovo
Publishing date: 15 July 2015
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 15 July 2015- The preparatory technical working group meeting on durable solutions for displaced persons, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, supported by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), concluded in a positive spirit in Prishtinë/Priština today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns incidents in Goraždevac/Gorazhdevc village, calls for swift investigation
Publishing date: 10 July 2015
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 10 July 2015 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, today condemned two incidents affecting the Kosovo Serb community in the village of Goraždevac/Gorazhdevc in Pejë/Peć municipality...
OSCE trains Kosovo Police on investigative interview techniques
Publishing date: 19 June 2015
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo concluded in Vushtrri/Vučitrn, on 19 June 2015, a two-week advanced training on investigative interviewing for 20 Kosovo Police officers...
OSCE condemns attack on news portal in northern Kosovo
Publishing date: 11 June 2015
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA / VIENNA, 11 June 2015 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, have expressed concern over the attack early this morning on the offices of the KoSSev news portal in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North...
OSCE to organize Summer Dialogue Academy 2015
Publishing date: 9 June 2015
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the OSCE Mission to Serbia will organize a Summer Dialogue Academy 2015 as part of the “Follow Us” initiative, which gathers prominent women from Belgrade and Prishtinë/Pristina...
Unfettered and professional media key for democratic development of Kosovo, says OSCE Mission Head on World Press Freedom Day
Publishing date: 3 May 2015
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 3 May 2015 – Unfettered and professional media are key for democratic development of Kosovo, said Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, as he called on institutions to guarantee the freedom of expression and freedom of the media, and to provide for a safer working environment for journalists to inform the public timely and objectively...
Religious Representatives from Kosovo Visit BiH Inter-Religious Council
Publishing date: 22 April 2015
SARAJEVO, 22 April 2015 – The establishment and challenges in the functioning of inter-religious council and the best practices in promoting inter-faith dialogue were the focus of a two-day study visit of Kosovo religious representatives to the Inter-Religious Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which concluded today...