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The participation of national minorities in public life and promoting their access to education were among the main topics of discussion during the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors’ visit to Kyrgyzstan from 24 to 26 November. In Bishkek, Thors exchanged views on a

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić officially inaugurated the permanent premises of the Bujanovac Department of the Subotica Faculty of Economics of the Novi Sad University on 17 November 2015, marking another milestone in a long-term OSCE project to promote multilingual and multi-ethnic

In her statement to the Permanent Council on 19 November 2015, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors provided information on her institution’s activities since July 2015 highlighting its thematic work as well as the situation in Ukraine...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors visited Ukraine from 2 to 6 November 2015, including trips to Kyiv as well as Mariupol, where she assessed the inter-ethnic situation in south-eastern Ukraine. In Kyiv, Thors discussed the status of modernizing the institutional

VIENNA, 29 October 2015 – Protecting and promoting human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to national minorities, is inextricably linked to the preservation of peace and stability within and between States, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE meeting in Vienna...

Young people from ethnic minority communities in Georgia are increasingly interested in learning the Georgian language as a means to improve their socio-economic opportunities, the “Research Study on Multilingual Education in Georgia” commissioned by the OSCE High Commissioner on National

AKTOBE, Kazakhstan, 5 October 2015 – An OSCE-supported three-day training seminar for law-enforcement officers on best practices and international standards in policing in multi-ethnic societies began today in Aktobe, Kazakhstan...