News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Acting Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia regrets lack of compromise over controversial monument
Publishing date: 20 January 2013
BELGRADE, 20 January 2013-- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Paula Thiede, expressed regret that the negotiations to find a compromise solution to the controversial monument in Preševo was undercut by the government’s removal of the monument this morning...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports independent institutions
Publishing date: 18 January 2013
BELGRADE, 18 January 2013-- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Paula Thiede expressed dismay at the negative public campaign against the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Nevena Petrusic, in some Serbian media outlets...
OSCE Mission to Serbia announces winners of 2012 Person of the Year award
Publishing date: 12 December 2012
BELGRADE, 12 December 2012 – The OSCE Mission to Serbia presented its Person of the Year awards at a ceremony in Belgrade today to recognize contributions made in the fight against corruption, media reform, police reform and the protection and advancement of human rights.
Ambassador Peter Burkhard takes up duties as Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia
Publishing date: 6 December 2012
BELGRADE, 6 December 2012 – Swiss career diplomat Ambassador Peter Burkhard assumed his duties as Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia today...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports Interior Ministry’s efforts to develop police training system
Publishing date: 5 December 2012
The last of four workshops aimed at improving the Serbian Interior Ministry’s police training system was held in Belgrade on 5 December 2012. Organized throughout November and early December, the workshops were supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia...
OSCE Mission to Serbia marks International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
Publishing date: 23 November 2012
BELGRADE, 23 November 2012- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Paula Thiede, expressed today her support for the "16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women” campaign that starts on Sunday...
OSCE Mission to Serbia holds regional conference on judicial ethics and accountability
Publishing date: 20 November 2012
BELGRADE, 20 November 2012 – High-level judicial officials and experts from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia shared experiences in applying ethical and disciplinary standards for judges and prosecutors at an OSCE conference that ended in Belgrade today...