News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson says attacks on international peacekeepers are unacceptable
Publishing date: 29 November 2011
VILNIUS, 29 November 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today condemned attacks on KFOR soldiers in northern Kosovo...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps law enforcement agencies combat internal corruption
Publishing date: 25 November 2011
A graduation ceremony for 21 high-level officials from the police, customs, Police Inspectorate of Kosovo, Special Prosecutor’s office and judiciary who participated in a five-day OSCE-organized training course on combating corruption within law enforcement agencies was held on 25 November 2011 in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps improve public participation in municipal decision making
Publishing date: 18 November 2011
A workshop on public participation in municipal affairs concluded in Mavrovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on 18 November 2011. The event was organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...
OSCE Mission launches essay contest on Assembly of Kosovo
Publishing date: 15 November 2011
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo launched on 15 November 2011 an essay contest for primary and secondary school students “Assembly as a Symbol of Democracy”...
OSCE Mission helps professionalize Kosovo police
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
An OSCE Mission-organized training on operational management for 21 mid-ranking Kosovo police officers concluded on 11 November 2011 in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns killing in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica
Publishing date: 10 November 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 10 November 2011 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, condemned today the killing of a Kosovo Serb and the wounding of two others in northern Mitrovicë/Mitrovica last night...
OSCE conducts training courses in Pristina and Skopje on the protection of human rights during counter-terrorism investigations
Publishing date: 4 November 2011
The importance of protecting human rights while investigating terrorist crimes was highlighted in two training courses for law enforcement officers held by the OSCE in Prishtinë/Priština (31 October–1 November 2011) and Skopje (3–4 November)...