News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia take ownership of regional arms control, Dayton Peace Agreement Article IV Annex 1/B: Mission accomplished
Publishing date: 4 December 2014
BASEL, Switzerland, 4 December 2014 – Today, after 18 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and Serbia are taking over full responsibility for regional stability and arms control, essential for building peace and stability in the Western Balkans, with senior politicians from the four countries signing a document on the 21st OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports consultations on the implementation of new media laws
Publishing date: 2 December 2014
As part of its support to the implementation of media reform, the OSCE Mission to Serbia, together with the Ministry of Culture and Information and the EU Delegation to Serbia, organized consultations between the relevant stakeholders and the authorities on 28 November in Arandjelovac...
OSCE Mission to Serbia promotes regional co-operation among law enforcement officials
Publishing date: 28 November 2014
A workshop for police professionals from Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro on using operational analysis as a tool for successfully disrupting organized criminal groups, took place in Belgrade on 25 November...
OSCE Mission to Serbia issues public call for project proposals on security sector reform
Publishing date: 25 November 2014
The OSCE Mission to Serbia invites civil society organizations, research and academic institutions to submit project proposals addressing a variety of aspects of security sector reform...
OSCE Mission praises National Minority Councils elections in Serbia
Publishing date: 27 October 2014
BELGRADE, 27 October 2014- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard, welcomed today the conduct of elections to the National Minority Councils as further evidence of Serbia’s support and respect for the rights of all its citizens...
OSCE Mission to Serbia welcomes European Commission’s 2014 Progress Report
Publishing date: 9 October 2014
BELGRADE, 09 October 2014 – The OSCE Mission to Serbia welcomes Serbia’s progress in the European Union accession process as noted in the 2014 Progress Report of the European Commission...
OSCE Mission to Serbia awarded for promoting right of free access to information
Publishing date: 3 October 2014
On occasion of the International Right to Know Day, Ambassador Peter Burkhard, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, collected an award from the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Protection of Personal Data Rodoljub Sabic, on 29 September 2014, for the Mission’s contribution to promoting the right of free access to information of public importance in Serbia...