News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission supports Serbian Ministry of Interior in preparing its first Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment
Publishing date: 5 January 2016
Serbia’s first Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA) was published on the website of the Serbian Interior Ministry on 30 December 2015. The document, developed with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, is a strategic overview of serious and organized crime in the country, including drugs, irregular migration, human trafficking, money laundering, corruption and cybercrime...
OSCE Mission to Serbia, ODIHR and civil society partners to follow election of judges to High Judicial Council
Publishing date: 18 December 2015
BELGRADE, 18 December 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Serbia, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and civil society organization Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM) are to follow the election on 21 December of judges to Serbia’s High Judicial Council...
Mission promotes participation of women in National Minority Councils in Serbia
Publishing date: 17 December 2015
The OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Centre for Women Support, civil society organization (CSO) from Kikinda, held on 17 December 2015 in Šabac, north-western Serbia, a conference on the status of minority women in their communities, with specific reference to decision-making opportunities within the National Minority Councils (NMCs)...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports regional co-operation of youth from Serbia and Albania
Publishing date: 15 December 2015
An OSCE-supported five-day winter school on “Inter-cultural Youth Dialogue in the Digital Era” which gathered some 30 young men and women from Serbia and Albania, concluded on 14 December 2015 in Belgrade. The event provided participants the opportunity to exchange experiences on topics such as culture and tradition, youth co-operation, active citizenship and new media...
OSCE Mission to Serbia announces winners of its 2015 Person of the Year Award
Publishing date: 8 December 2015
BELGRADE, 8 December 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Serbia presented its 2015 Person of the Year Award to three recipients at a ceremony in Belgrade today to Marija Ranđelović, Community Liaison Officer (CLO) of the Niš Police Department, the Preševo Youth Office, and to Miroslava Milenović, forensic financial expert and Member of the Anti-Corruption Council (ACC) of the Government of the Republic of Serbia...
OSCE Dialogue Academy, focusing on women's involvement in dialogue and policy-making from Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade, concludes in Austria
Publishing date: 7 December 2015
The OSCE Dialogue Academy, proposed by a group of prominent women from Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade as part of their OSCE-supported “Follow us” initiative, was held from 27 November to 6 December 2015 at Stadtschlaining, Austria...
OSCE field missions’ work in promoting regional co-operation important for stability in Western Balkans, says Chairperson-in-Office Dačić
Publishing date: 2 December 2015
BELGRADE, 2 December 2015- The work of the OSCE’s field operations in South-east Europe in promoting regional co-operation is important for sustaining stability in the region, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić said today on the margins of the 22nd OSCE Ministerial Council in Belgrade...