News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Effectiveness, transparency of Serbian legislative process needs improvement, says OSCE/ODIHR assessment
Publishing date: 8 February 2012
The lawmaking process in Serbia can be strengthened through a more precise and effective delineation of its two stages – policy development and the drafting of legislation, and would benefit from more public consultation, says an OSCE/ODIHR assessment presented in Belgrade on 7 February 2012...
OSCE Mission assists Serbia to prepare for international review of draft Criminal Procedure Code
Publishing date: 1 April 2011
The OSCE Mission to Serbia delivered an English translation of the new draft Criminal Procedure Code to the Serbian Justice Ministry on 1 April 2011, to enable it to be reviewed by international experts...
OSCE Mission to Serbia, U.S. Embassy support training course to strengthen prosecutors' skills in fighting financial crime
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
ZLATIBOR, 31 March 2011 – Some 30 prosecutors from Serbia's anti-corruption units today began discussing the use of forensic accounting in financial investigations at a training course organized jointly by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the U.S. Department of Justice...
OSCE Mission to Serbia, Justice Ministry, USAID support discussion about draft law on financing of political activities
Publishing date: 3 March 2011
BELGRADE, 3 March 2011 – Representatives of the Justice Ministry, the Anti-corruption Agency, political parties, civil society and the media today discussed a draft law on financing of political activities at an event supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and USAID and the Justice Ministry...
OSCE Mission to Serbia hosts seminar for journalists from Pristina and Belgrade reporting on organized crime
Publishing date: 25 November 2010
BELGRADE, 25 November 2010-An OSCE-organized seminar on investigative journalism focusing on coverage of organized crime for journalists from Pristina and Belgrade started today in Belgrade....
OSCE Mission to Serbia presents television documentary on activism
Publishing date: 2 November 2010
BELGRADE, 2 November 2010- A television documentary that tells five stories of how groups of engaged people were able to change their communities for the better, produced with support from the OSCE Mission to Serbia, was presented today...
Head of OSCE Mission welcomes agreement on multi-ethnic government in Bujanovac
Publishing date: 21 October 2010
BELGRADE, 21 October 2010- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, welcomed an agreement reached today by local political leaders to create a multi-ethnic local government in the central South Serbian town of Bujanovac...