News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo launches Media Fellowship for young journalists
Publishing date: 31 March 2017
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo on 31 March 2017 launched the Media Fellowship, an annual initiative, aimed at building the capacities of young journalists and establishing a network of fellows from different communities...
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo Police women officers on operational command duties
Publishing date: 17 March 2017
The OSCE Mission and the Association of Kosovo Police Women organized a five-day training course on operational commanders’ duties for senior female police officers. The training course, attended by 14 officers, including lieutenants and sergeants – heads of different units within the Kosovo Police- was held from 13 to 17 March 2017 at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety (KAPS) in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
Restoring positive trend of normalization of relations key to progress and stability, says OSCE Secretary General Zannier after visiting Kosovo
Publishing date: 10 March 2017
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 10 March 2017 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier concluded today a trip to Prishtinë/Priština, where he visited the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and met heads of Kosovo institutions and representatives of political parties, communities, religious groups, civil society and the international community.
OSCE conference in Kosovo participants call for creation of commission on murdered and missing journalists
Publishing date: 15 February 2017
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 15 February 2017 – An OSCE conference on safety of the media in South-Eastern Europe concluded yesterday with the adoption of several recommendations, including the creation of a commission to investigate cases of murdered and missing journalists in Kosovo, the provision of special protection to journalists and the adequate prosecution of perpetrators of threats and intimidation against female journalists...