News and press releases

PODGORICA, 25 November 2017- At the OSCE and UNHCR-supported High-Level Forum on Durable Solutions for Displaced Persons from Kosovo, participating institutions, including State Secretary Vukica Jelić (Podgorica), Deputy Prime Minister Dalibor Jevtić (Pristina), Deputy Director Dušan Kozarev (Belgrade) and Migration Unit Director Dejan Ivkovski (Skopje), welcomed further progress achieved in the implementation of the Action Points of the ‘Skopje Process’, and agreed to reinforce commitment to removing obstacles to finding durable solutions for the remaining displaced persons...

Respecting and promoting the use of the official languages is critical to meaningful integration and the building of a sustainable multi-ethnic society, said OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Lamberto Zannier at the “Forum on Language Compliance in Kosovo” held in Prishtinë/Priština on 9 November 2017...

Eight monitoring networks to record and investigate hate crimes were established across Kosovo as a result of a series of workshops organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo between 2 and 30 October 2017. The networks are comprised of police investigators, community police officers and prosecutors who will co-operate to address hate crimes across the regions in a more efficient way. The networks will enable a unified institutional approach to properly identifying, recording and investigating hate crimes.

The third edition of the OSCE Dialogue Academy for young women from Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade concluded on 15 October 2017 in Stadtschlaining, Austria. The ten-day Academy was organized as part of the Follow Us Initiative, supported since 2012 by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the OSCE Mission to Serbia, as part of their work to enhance women's participation in dialogue and conflict resolution and decision making processes.

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo launched a media literacy initiative with a two-day training for 14 teachers of seven schools in Prishtinë/Priština, Mitrovicë/Mitrovica, Prizren, Pejë/Peć, Ferizaj/Uroševac, Gjilan/Gnjilane and Gjakovë/Đakovica. The training held with the support of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) concluded on 1 October 2017 in Prishtinë/Priština...

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA/VIENNA, 17 August 2017 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir and the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Ambassador Jan Braathu today condemned the attack on Wednesday on a journalist in Prishtinë/Priština...

Increasing operational awareness to detect forged documents and imposters is the aim of a three-day advanced training course for specialized police officers organized by the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department with support from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, which started in Prishtinë/Priština on 8 August 2017...