News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Representative of Austrian OSCE Chairmanship Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Linhart visits OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 24 May 2017
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 24 May 2017- Michael Linhart, representative of the Austrian 2017 OSCE Chairmanship and Austrian Deputy Foreign Minister, visited the OSCE Mission in Kosovo today. Linhart was received by the Head of Mission, Ambassador Jan Braathu, and senior management, who briefed him on the Mission’s activities.
Male Kosovo police officers to become gender equality advocates, conclude participants in OSCE discussion
Publishing date: 18 May 2017
A two-day roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo on the role of male senior police officers in promoting gender equality concluded on 17 May 2017 in Prevallë/Prevalac, Prizren municipality...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo engages men to promote gender equality
Publishing date: 15 May 2017
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 15 May 2017 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo will hold a two-day roundtable discussion on gender equality and the importance of engaging men to promote it, starting tomorrow in Prevallë/Prevalac, in the municipality of Prizren...
OSCE Mission supports Kosovo health care providers improve response to cases of domestic violence
Publishing date: 8 May 2017
A series of five workshops held Kosovo-wide for healthcare providers on how to identify, refer and treat victims of domestic violence, organized by the OSCE Mission, concluded on 8 May 2017. The workshops were organized jointly with the Ministry of Health and Kosovo Police, and aimed at strengthening the response of healthcare providers in domestic violence cases...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo works with Roma and Ashkali women to improve local-level policies
Publishing date: 5 May 2017
A workshop organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo for around 20 Roma and Ashkali grassroots activists and civil society organizations from the Gjilan/Gnjilane and Ferizaj/Uroševac municipalities on how to shape better local policies for the benefit of communities concluded on 3 May 2017...
OSCE Mission, municipalities in Kosovo work to improve social housing programmes
Publishing date: 7 April 2017
The last in a series of five training courses organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning for some 150 municipal officials responsible for social housing and drafting respective three-year plans concluded on 7 April 2017 in Prishtinё/Priština...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo information on collection of votes operation
Publishing date: 31 March 2017
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 31 March 2017- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo will conduct a collection of votes operation, opening four collection centres with associated branches throughout Kosovo, with OSCE staff presence, on Sunday, 2 April 2017, in the context of the Serbian Presidential Elections...