News and press releases

SKOPJE, 22 February 2019 – The Prime Minister, the Ministers of the Interior and Justice and the New President of the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption addressed a conference on the role of law enforcement agencies in the struggle against corruption, which was organized by the OSCE

Enhancing the electoral participation of persons with disabilities was the focus of discussion during a conference co-organized in Skopje by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Mission to Skopje on 6 February 2019.

SKOPJE, 28 January 2019 – The OSCE Mission to Skopje condemns attempts to market and sell the OSCE-sponsored Commentary to the 2010 Law on Criminal Procedure.

VIENNA, 21 January 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today condemned a physical attack against a journalist in Skopje last Saturday. On 19 January, during an event celebrating the Orthodox Christian holiday of Epiphany in the city centre, Mirjana

SKOPJE, 21 December 2018 – A helpline for reporting threats, attacks and violence against journalists- 0800-11-011 – presented at the press conference today in Skopje by the OSCE Mission to Skopje in co-operation with the Independent Union of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM). The free helpline

The OSCE Mission to Skopje presented today a Legal Commentary on the Law on Criminal Procedure, the first of its kind, prepared by a group of legal experts that will help lawyers, judges and prosecutors apply the Law in a better and more uniform fashion in the courts.

The Prime Minister, government ministers and mayors of all 81 local self-government units in the country gathered on 14 December 2018 for a national conference organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Association of Municipalities (ZELS) to discuss the remaining challenges related to the decentralization process...