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OSCE meeting focuses on fighting cross-border organized crime in south-east Europe

Publishing date: 20 February 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Mission to Serbia, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Border management, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 20 February 2004- Combating organized crime, trafficking and terrorism in south-eastern Europe (SEE) was high on the agenda of a pioneering meeting which ends today in Vienna. The Seminar on Cross-border Co-operation in SEE, the first of a...

OSCE's "unique police-training expertise" fulfils its role in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Publishing date: 30 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
SKOPJE, 30 July 2003- With the graduation today of 350 multi-ethnic police cadets at the Idrizovo Police Academy in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the OSCE has completed a key part of the task entrusted to it under the Ohrid agreement...

OSCE's Skopje Mission co-hosts international workshop on travel documentation

Publishing date: 1 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Countering terrorism, Policing
SKOPJE, 1 April 2003- A three-day workshop in Ohrid will look at ways to control and identify fraudulent and counterfeit travel documentation, as well as the use of legal travel documents for illegal purposes, such as trafficking in human...

International community welcomes peaceful end to Macedonian kidnapping

Publishing date: 2 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Countering terrorism
SKOPJE, 31 August 2002- The following is a Joint Statement by the European Union Special Representative Alain Le Roy, Ambassador Ioannis Economou, US Ambassador Lawrence Butler, Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje Craig Jenness and NATO...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns kidnapping in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Publishing date: 30 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, National minority issues, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
LISBON, 30 August 2002-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, today condemned the kidnapping of civilians in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and called for their...

International community urges release and peaceful end to Macedonian kidnapping

Publishing date: 30 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SKOPE, 30 August, 2002-- The following is a Joint Statement by the EU Special Representative Alain Le Roy, Ambassador Ioannis Economou, the US Ambassador Lawrence Butler, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Craig Jenness...

Chairman of OSCE Permanent Council condemns killing of Macedonian police officers as "cowardly act of violence"

Publishing date: 29 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, National minority issues, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 29 August 2002- The Chairman of the OSCE Permanent Council today condemned in the strongest terms the killing of two Macedonian police officers on 26 August in a drive-by shooting near the town of Gostivar. "We condemn in the strongest terms...