News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo head encourages women to vote
Publishing date: 9 October 2013
Four years of OSCE work to enhance women’s participation in local decision-making were marked at a conference in Prishtinë/Priština on 9 October 2013...
Right to Know Day: OSCE workshop participants call for increased transparency in Kosovo municipalities, abolishment of payment for information
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 27 September 2013 – Public and civil society organizations still face challenges in accessing official documents at the municipal level, concluded participants of an OSCE-supported workshop held today in Prishtinë/Priština on the occasion of the International Right to Know Day...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office strongly condemns deadly attack on EULEX personnel in Kosovo, calls to bring perpetrators to justice
Publishing date: 19 September 2013
KYIV, 19 September 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, strongly condemned today the attack on a EULEX convoy, which led to the death of one EULEX staff member in Zvečan/Zveçan Municipality in northern Kosovo...
Role of religious leaders important in fostering respect and understanding between different communities in Kosovo, OSCE conference participants say
Publishing date: 17 September 2013
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 17 September 2013 – Leaders and members of Islamic, Serbian Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant Evangelic, and Jewish communities met today at an OSCE-organized Inter-faith Dialogue Conference in Prishtinë/Priština to discuss common issues affecting religious communities in Kosovo...
OSCE Mission Head strongly condemns attack on political figure’s family members in northern Kosovo
Publishing date: 13 September 2013
BRUSSELS, 13 September 2013 – Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger has spoken out against yesterday’s attack on family members of Oliver Ivanović, a political figure from northern Mitrovicë/Mitrovica who has been active in the run-up to the local elections in Kosovo...
OSCE Mission, Language Commissioner launch joint campaign to promote language rights in Kosovo
Publishing date: 12 September 2013
Prishtinё/Priština, 12 September 2013 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Office of Language Commissioner launched today a public campaign to promote language rights in Kosovo...
Changing negative perceptions key to improving relations between media and judiciary in Kosovo, say OSCE workshop participants
Publishing date: 16 August 2013