News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports international conference in Belgrade to promote Regional Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment
Publishing date: 14 November 2016
BELGRADE, 14 November 2016 – The OSCE Mission to Serbia supported an international conference today in Belgrade to promote the Regional Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA), which was developed jointly by the Interior Ministries of Serbia, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...
Andrea Orizio takes up duties as Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia
Publishing date: 6 October 2016
BELGRADE, 6 October 2016 – Ambassador Andrea Orizio, an Italian career diplomat, assumed his duties as Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia...
Youth from Albania and Serbia conclude OSCE-supported training course in Durrës on use of digital skills to promote OSCE values
Publishing date: 22 September 2016
A five-day training course on use of digital skills to promote OSCE values for young people from Albania and Serbia concluded on 22 September 2016 in the Albanian city of Durrës. The course was organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia in partnership with the OSCE Presence in Albania, in co-operation with the Serbia’s Ministry of Youth and Sport, Albanian Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth and the National Youth Council of Serbia...
Essay on bridging gaps in education of Roma wins OSCE Mission to Serbia competition
Publishing date: 15 September 2016
An essay on bridging gaps in education of Roma youth, jointly written by a Jovana Zjacic, a 23-year-old volunteer at a shelter for homeless children, and Ana Cosic, a German-language teacher from Macvanska Mitrovica, was selected as the winner of a competition organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia on the role of youth in the implementation of the OSCE’s human dimension commitments, on 7 September 2016 in Belgrade...
Internet freedom an imperative frontline for free expression and free media, OSCE conference participants say
Publishing date: 14 September 2016
VIENNA, 14 September 2016 – Internet freedom is a cornerstone of free expression and free media, and must be ensured and strengthened, participants said today at a two-day OSCE-supported conference in Vienna...
More than 1,000 local inspectors in Serbia successfully complete OSCE-supported online training course
Publishing date: 7 July 2016
A record number of 1,150 local inspectors in Serbia have successfully completed a three-month OSCE-supported online course on implementing the new Law on Inspection Surveillance. Of this number, 280 inspectors from the capital and its municipalities were publically recognized on 7 July 2016 at the premises of the Assembly of the City of Belgrade...