News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Statement by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje regarding reactions to “Say No to Violence” video
Publishing date: 18 September 2014
SKOPJE, 18 September 2014 – Ambassador Ralf Breth, Head of the Mission to Skopje thanks everyone who has expressed their opinion on the video ‘Say No to Violence’ and issues the following statement regarding reactions to the film...
OSCE Mission to Skopje donates equipment to Interior Ministry as part of project to assess organized crime threat
Publishing date: 20 August 2014
The OSCE Mission to Skopje donated six computers to the Interior Ministry on 20 August 2014 as part of a project to improve the capacity of Criminal Investigation Directorates in the host country, Montenegro and Serbia to strategically analyse and assess the threat posed by organized crime...
Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje calls on all communities to nourish spirit, nurture dynamism of Ohrid Framework Agreement process
Publishing date: 13 August 2014
SKOPJE, 13 August 2014- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Ralf Breth, marking the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA) 13 years ago, said today that the Agreement was a milestone symbolizing the start of the essential process of integrating the society and building a truly multi-ethnic, modern European state...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports camp for high school boys on gender equality
Publishing date: 27 June 2014
For third consecutive year, the OSCE Mission to Skopje supported a week-long camp from 18 to 24 June 2014 as part of the Young Men Leadership Project, organized by YMCA Bitola and US Peace Corps in Krusevo. One of the themes of this year’s camp was gender equality...
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...