News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman urges Kosovo leaders to show will to build tolerant society
Publishing date: 23 March 2004
PRISTINA, 23 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy, visiting Kosovo on Monday, condemned violence in all circumstances and said the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government should meet their responsibilities for a...
New awareness-raising campaign in Kosovo targets violence against women
Publishing date: 24 November 2003
PRISTINA, 24 November 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is tomorrow launching a two-week awareness-raising campaign to highlight and urge action on the issue of violence against women...
OSCE Kosovo Mission begins specialized police and public safety training programmes
Publishing date: 11 November 2003
PRISTINA, 11 November 2003- The OSCE-run Kosovo Police Service School this week begins advanced training programmes for the Kosovo Police Service and public safety agencies. Specific curricula for courses in special weapons and tactics (SWAT)...
Serbian and Kosovo journalists discuss common issues
Publishing date: 10 November 2003
PRISTINA, 11 November 2003- A follow-up meeting to establish an information network between Serbian and Kosovo editors-in-chief, media executives and leading journalists has started this morning in Skopje. Organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and...
A new approach to protecting people living in informal settlements
Publishing date: 4 November 2003
PRISTINA, 4 November 2003- Tackling informal settlements means that central and local governments need to implement policies that treat these settlements and their inhabitants as an integral part of the community...
OSCE Kosovo Mission welcomes new leadership for local election operations body
Publishing date: 30 October 2003
PRISTINA, 30 October 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo today welcomed the approval by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Adnan Merovci and Bogoljub Staletovic as chief executive officer and his deputy, respectively, of its permanent Secretariat...
Head of OSCE Kosovo Mission: mutual respect is key to success
Publishing date: 23 October 2003
PRISTINA, 23 October 2003- Kosovo is gradually facing up to the challenge of self-government, but international help will still be necessary for some time yet, in order to ensure self-sustainable progress, Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, Head of the OSCE...