News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Skopje Mission supports local police efforts to increase road safety
Publishing date: 3 June 2005
SKOPJE, 3 June 2005- A country-wide public awareness campaign to increase road safety began today with the support of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje. The Road Safety for All campaign is part...
OSCE praises dialogue in Skopje on draft law on community symbols
Publishing date: 31 May 2005
LJUBLJANA, 31 May 2005- The OSCE joined the Office of the EU Special Representative and the U.S. Embassy in Skopje in welcoming the Government's recent agreement on a draft Law regulating the use of Community Symbols. "I acknowledge the constructive...
OSCE Skopje Mission helps improve community based policing
Publishing date: 27 April 2005
SKOPJE, 27 April 2005- Fifty officers, who underwent a special OSCE-supported course to become trainers in community policing, will receive awards at a graduating ceremony in Bitola on April 29. The event will mark the completion...
OSCE Skopje Mission offers legal training focusing on European human rights convention
Publishing date: 21 April 2005
SKOPJE, 21 April, 2005- A training course for lawyers on the European Convention on Human Rights will take place from 22 to 24 April in Ohrid. It is being organized by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje in co-operation with...
Authorities fail to adequately address electoral shortcomings seen in first round, observers say in Skopje
Publishing date: 28 March 2005
SKOPJE, 28 March 2005- While well-conducted generally across most of the country, second-round municipal elections, held on 27 March in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, failed again in some areas to meet key OSCE and Council of Europe...
Elections largely in accordance with international standards but significant irregularities in some areas, observers say in Skopje
Publishing date: 14 March 2005
SKOPJE, 14 March 2005- The municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia were in line with most OSCE and Council of Europe standards for elections, but failed to meet key commitments guaranteeing universal and equal suffrage and the...
OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission opened in Skopje
Publishing date: 14 February 2005
SKOPJE/WARSAW, 14 February 2005- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has deployed an Election Observation Mission to monitor the 13 March local elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in response to an...