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OSCE Chairman meets Foreign Minister of former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 22 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
NEW YORK, 22 September 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, discussed a range of OSCE issues with the Foreign Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ilinka Mitreva, in New York on Wednesday...
OSCE Skopje Mission sponsors multi-ethnic computer courses for Kumanovo teachers
Publishing date: 1 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 1 September 2004- A ceremony marking the successful completion of a three-week OSCE sponsored multi-ethnic information technology course for teachers from Kumanovo and Lipkovo took place on Tuesday.
OSCE Skopje Mission helps Ministry of Interior take over responsibility for controlling eastern border
Publishing date: 1 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 1 September 2004- The responsibility for eastern border security has been transferred today from the Defence Ministry to the Interior Ministry, following extensive training by the OSCE Mission to Skopje. "Civilian border control is a symbol...
OSCE Skopje Mission holds courses for Kumanovo teachers on problem solving skills
Publishing date: 26 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 26 August 2004- A four-day training course for Kumanovo teachers aimed at developing communication and problem solving skills began today in Mavrovo. Seventeen teachers from...
OSCE Skopje Mission and Italian Embassy assist Border Police modernisation
Publishing date: 10 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SKOPJE, 10 August 2004- Over 60,000 Euros worth of computer equipment for the Border Police has been handed over to the Interior Ministry in Skopje today. The equipment will enable border police offices in the south and the east of the country to...
OSCE Skopje Mission helps keep borders open but safe
Publishing date: 6 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 6 August 2004- A second generation of 279 Border Police Officers graduated today from the Idrizovo Police Academy, which is supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje. As former members of the Defence Ministry's Border Brigade...
OSCE Skopje Mission sponsors police reform workshop
Publishing date: 7 July 2004
SKOPJE, 7 July 2004- An OSCE-sponsored workshop on the involvement of civil society in police reform began in Skopje today. The event aims at identifying areas in which NGOs can provide input and work together with the police in the reform...