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OSCE Minorities Commissioner urges Kosovo's authorities to reach out to all communities
Publishing date: 15 January 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: National minority issues
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 15 January 2008- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek today urged Kosovo's communities to work towards reconciliation and called upon the government to ensure that minority rights are protected...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes inter-ethnic dialogue through mountaineering
Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 14 December 2007- A multiethnic group of young mountaineers who completed a year-long OSCE Mission-supported course received their licences as professional mountain guides today at a ceremony in Skopje...
OSCE Mission brings Kosovo and Serbian institutions together to promote solutions to displacement
Publishing date: 28 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 28 November 2007- Money must be made available to the Kosovo Property Agency so that it can carry out property restitution, the legal and institutional framework must be updated to accommodate the needs of displaced persons...
OSCE Office-supported conference discusses national minorities situation in Armenia
Publishing date: 14 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: National minority issues
YEREVAN, 14 November 2007- Armenia's implementation of its commitments to protect national minorities is the focus of a two-day conference supported by the OSCE Office that started today in Yerevan...
OSCE Mission to Skopje helps students strengthen inter-ethnic dialogue
Publishing date: 22 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: National minority issues
SKOPJE, 22 October 2007- Strengthening inter-ethnic dialogue and building confidence among seventy students of different ethnic background from four secondary schools, is the aim of a project launched in Kumanovo today...
European Roma Rights Centre wins 2007 Max van der Stoel prize
Publishing date: 16 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
THE HAGUE, 16 October 2007- The European Roma Rights Centre will be presented the 2007 Max van der Stoel Award by Knut Vollebaek, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, in a ceremony today...
Employment of minorities in public service enhances public confidence in State institutions, OSCE Mission Head says
Publishing date: 27 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: National minority issues
ZAGREB, 27 September 2007- Minority employment in the judiciary was the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE Mission to Croatia and the Justice Ministry today...