News and press releases

SKOPJE, 29 October 2015 – Presidents of the Supreme Courts from the region gathered today in Skopje at a high-level conference, co-hosted by the country’s Supreme Court and the OSCE Mission to Skopje, to exchange experiences and draft joint recommendations in regards to applying the practice of the European Courts of Human Rights (ECHR) within domestic jurisdictions...

SKOPJE, 28 October 2015 – Two OSCE-supported publications on anti-discrimination standards, designed to help strengthen the capacities of the judiciary and civil society, were promoted today in Skopje...

The Local Youth Councils of Kichevo, Bitola and Centar municipalities participated in the second OSCE Mission to Skopje-supported capacity building seminar that took place from 25- 27 October 2015 in Ohrid...

Some 100 attorneys from across the country attended an OSCE-supported training course in Skopje on 26 October 2015 focusing on the rules of evidence as presented in the Law on Criminal Procedure...

The OSCE Mission to Skopje is supporting a five-day train-the-trainers course for the country’s Interior Ministry officials on crisis management in hostage situations and hostage negotiations from 26 to 30 October 2015 at the International Training Centre in Budapest, Hungary...

Promoting multicultural diversity and improving co-operation between civil society and local institutions were the aims of an Open Day of Multiculturalism held in Kichevo on 17 October 2015, supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Citizens’ Group “Vredit da si od Kichevo” (It’s worth being from Kichevo)...

Mentoring is one of the most effective strategies to promote women’s participation in public and political life, said participants of an expert meeting in Skopje organized by the OSCE Gender Section on 12 October 2015, which brought together representatives of civil society, politics, business and academia from across the Western Balkans...