News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes engagement of inter-ethnic youth in municipal decision making in Kumanovo
Publishing date: 20 September 2013
Some ten youngsters of different ethnic backgrounds together with representatives of Kumanovo municipality will discuss mechanisms how youth problems should be better addressed and actions jointly planned at an OSCE-supported seminar taking place in Mavrovo from 20 to 22 September...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains police officers on new approaches to fighting drug abuse
Publishing date: 16 September 2013
From 16 to 19 September 2013 the OSCE Mission to Skopje is holding a workshop for police officers to promote the latest techniques in fighting illegal drug abuse. The workshop will focus on raising public awareness of the dangers of illegal drug use emphasizing consequences of drug addiction...
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes inter-ethnic summer camp in Struga
Publishing date: 6 September 2013
An OSCE-supported inter-cultural summer camp for 45 secondary school students of different ethnic backgrounds in Skopje and Tetovo municipalities is taking place from 8 to 15 September 2013 in Struga...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports renovation of multi-ethnic school
Publishing date: 2 September 2013
SKOPJE, 2 September 2013 – The Mission to Skopje has supported the renovation of classrooms and provided basic equipment to the Shishevo branch of the “Sami Frasheri” primary school in the municipality of Saraj, which held a ceremony to open the new school year today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains police officers on combatting terrorist organizations
Publishing date: 19 August 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje is organizing a training course on combatting terrorist organizations that are linked to religious extremists, from 19 to 23 August 2013...
OSCE Mission to Skopje calls upon all communities to keep dynamics of Ohrid Framework Agreement process
Publishing date: 13 August 2013
SKOPJE, 13 August 2013- Today, the OSCE Mission to Skopje is honouring the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA), signed exactly 12 years ago on this day that brought an end to an armed conflict by codifying equitable rights and representation of all ethnic communities...
Unity to remain at all times: OSCE Mission commemorates 50th anniversary of the Skopje earthquake
Publishing date: 25 July 2013
SKOPJE, 26 July 2013 – Only twenty seconds altered the future of the city: on this day in 1963, Skopje was hit by a massive earthquake, killing more than a thousand people and destroying or damaging eighty percent of all buildings. Today, as the OSCE Mission to Skopje commemorates the 50th anniversary of the disaster, the Acting Head of Mission, Ambassador Marianne Berecz, stressed that the solidarity demonstrated at that difficult time should serve as an inspiration for the future...