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Head of OSCE Serbia Mission says perpetrators of Roma attacks should be prosecuted
Publishing date: 24 August 2007
BELGRADE, 24 August 2007- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, expressed serious concern today over recent attacks and hate crimes against members of the Roma community in Serbia...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports economic education programme for Roma women
Publishing date: 26 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Education, Roma and Sinti
BELGRADE/NIS, 26 June 2007- A three-month education programme for the economic empowerment of Roma women ended today in the southern Serbian city of Nis with a discussion on how to improve municipal support to their business activities...
OSCE Mission, Roma Women's Network organize visit of young Roma people to Serbian Parliament
Publishing date: 16 December 2006
BELGRADE, 16 December 2006- A group of 80 young people from Roma settlements in western Serbia visited the National Assembly today. The visit was part of the OSCE Mission's...
OSCE Mission organizes meeting to encourage dialogue between police and Roma communities in Vojvodina
Publishing date: 8 December 2006
BELGRADE, 8 December 2006- Encouraging a dialogue between police and Roma communities in Vojvodina was the aim of a meeting held in Novi Sad today. The event, the first of its kind in Serbia, was organized by the OSCE Mission...
OSCE Mission organizes visit of Roma women activists to Serbian Parliament
Publishing date: 11 September 2006
BELGRADE, 11 September 2006- Thirty five Roma women activists visited the National Assembly today, as part of a project organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia. The Mission's year-long project, "Empowerment of Roma Women for Decision-Making"...
OSCE Mission welcomes initiative for Roma integration into Serbian society
Publishing date: 8 April 2005
BELGRADE, 8 April 2005- On the occasion of the World Roma Day and the Proclamation of the Decade of Roma Inclusion in Serbia, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today welcomed the official launch of a regional initiative towards...
New strategy in Serbia and Montenegro aims at integrating, empowering Roma
Publishing date: 7 April 2004
Content type: Press release
What we do: Roma and Sinti
BELGRADE, 7 April 2004- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today welcomed the new strategy aimed at integrating and empowering the Roma community. The strategy, which was adopted by the National Council of the Roma National Minorities, and...