News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE seminar in Skopje focuses on countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism
Publishing date: 25 June 2014
SKOPJE, 25 June 2014 – The political and socio-economic factors that lead to terrorist radicalization and recruitment were the focus of an OSCE seminar which started today in Skopje, and brought together some 50 participants, including security experts from eight countries and representatives of state agencies and civil society...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains custody officers on new criminal procedure law
Publishing date: 24 June 2014
The OSCE Mission to Skopje trained some 150 custody officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs from 27 March to 22 June 2014 on the effective application of the new Law on criminal procedure that came into force in December last year...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains education experts on mediation in schools
Publishing date: 28 May 2014
As part of the efforts to establish a functional school mediation system, the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the NGO Forum Civil Peace Service (forumZFD), are organizing an advanced course on mediation in schools in Struga from 28 May to 1 June 2014...
OSCE Mission to Skopje calls for calm and prudence
Publishing date: 21 May 2014
SKOPJE, 21 May 2014 – The OSCE Mission to Skopje shares the grief over the recent tragic loss of a young man’s life in Gjorce Petrov which was followed by two nights of rioting. “We are monitoring these developments with increasing concerns”, said the Head of Mission, Ambassador Ralf Breth. “We understand the authorities are investigating this crime, therefore it is crucial to let the investigative and judicial process take its course.”
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains interior ministry staff to deal with hostage situations
Publishing date: 5 May 2014
Starting from 5 May 2014, the Police Development Unit of the OSCE Mission to Skopje supports two advanced training courses on “crisis management in hostage situations” and “hostage negotiation”. The courses are held in co-operation with the country’s Interior Ministry and the International Training Centre in Budapest...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes guidebook on media reporting of criminal proceedings
Publishing date: 23 April 2014
An OSCE-supported guidebook on the role of the public and of journalists during criminal proceedings before the courts was launched in Skopje on 23 April 2014...
Presidential candidates able to campaign freely and fundamental freedoms respected, but campaign playing field not level, international observers say in Skopje
Publishing date: 14 April 2014
SKOPJE, 14 April 2014 – Fundamental freedoms were respected and candidates were able to campaign freely in the efficiently administered 13 April 2014 presidential election in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, although biased and unbalanced media coverage and a blurring of state and party activities created an unbalanced playing field, international observers said in a statement issued today...