News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE to organize 2016 Dialogue Academy for Young Women
Publishing date: 7 June 2016
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the OSCE Mission to Serbia, for the second consecutive year, will organize the Dialogue Academy for Young Women as part of the Follow Us initiative. The initiative gathers prominent women from politics, academia, media and civil society from Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština and supports the process of dialogue, reconciliation and confidence-building between the two societies...
OSCE Mission trains legal professionals from northern Kosovo on fair trial rights
Publishing date: 20 May 2016
From 16 to 20 May 2016 in Budva, Montenegro, the OSCE Mission organized a training course for 45 legal professionals from northern Kosovo on international human rights standards during trial proceedings...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps youth pursue careers in journalism, promote freedom of expression
Publishing date: 9 May 2016
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 9 May 2016 – A ten-day school of journalism organized by the OSCE Mission for around 20 young people from northern Kosovo started today in Mitrovica/Mitrovicё North...
Unfettered and professional media are cornerstones of democracy, says Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo on World Press Freedom Day
Publishing date: 3 May 2016
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 3 May 2016 – Respectable standards of freedom of press have been achieved in Kosovo over the years, creating a vibrant and diverse media scene- but these efforts need to continue in order to address remaining challenges, said Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Jean-Claude Schlumberger today on World Press Freedom Day...
OSCE Dialogue Academy alumni meet in Belgrade
Publishing date: 12 April 2016
Twenty young women, alumni of the OSCE Dialogue Academy, met in Belgrade from 6 to 8 April 2016, to continue co-operation and agree on joint projects for 2016...
OSCE starts consultations on sustainable, independent financing for Kosovo’s public broadcaster
Publishing date: 14 March 2016
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 14 March 2016- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo held today the first of a series of four roundtables to be held this month on the ways to secure financing for the public service broadcaster, Radio Television Kosovo (RTK)...
Participants of OSCE-supported ‘Follow Us’ Initiative agree on 2016 action plan
Publishing date: 15 February 2016
The first meeting of the ‘Follow Us’ Initiative for 2016, facilitated by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the OSCE Mission to Serbia, took place in Skopje from 12 to 14 February 2016. The meeting brought together 18 prominent women working in politics, media, academia and civil society from Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade, to take stock of achievements and plan future activities...