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OSCE Kosovo Mission Head visits public service broadcaster, broadcast regulator
Publishing date: 19 March 2015
On 18 and 19 March 2015, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, visited the Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) and the Independent Media Commission (IMC) and met with the representatives of the executive bodies of those two media institutions...
OSCE report calls for sustainable policy on subsidized transportation for communities in Kosovo
Publishing date: 4 March 2015
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 4 March 2015- Kosovo needs sustainable policy on special or subsidized transportation services so that communities and vulnerable groups are able to travel and access different services, including education, health, and municipal administration, concludes an OSCE Mission in Kosovo report presented today...
OSCE report calls for enhanced institutional response to illegal re-occupation of properties in Kosovo
Publishing date: 19 February 2015
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 19 February 2015 – Cases of illegal re-occupation of properties call for a determined response by Kosovo institutions to guarantee the full protection of the property rights of all communities in Kosovo, concludes an OSCE Mission report launched today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns violent protests
Publishing date: 27 January 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 27 January 2015 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, has strongly condemned the violence that erupted today during the opposition protests which left dozens of police officers and protesters injured.
Prominent women from Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština hold fourth meeting
Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Good governance, Gender equality
Fourteen prominent women representing parliaments, academia, civil society and media from Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština gathered for the first time in Belgrade on 15 and 16 December 2014 as part of the so-called “Budva Process,” aimed at enabling these women to engage in a direct dialogue...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo head concerned with attack on newspaper editor, head of journalists association
Publishing date: 10 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 10 December 2014 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger expressed today his concern over an attack on newspaper editor and the head of the Association of Kosovo Journalists Zekirja Shabani...
Despite some progress in return, displaced persons remain affected by unresolved property issues and security situation, OSCE Mission in Kosovo report says
Publishing date: 8 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: National minority issues
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 8 December 2014 – Fifteen years after the conflict, and despite substantial international assistance, some 220,000 people displaced outside of Kosovo and some 17,000 people displaced within Kosovo are still without durable solutions regarding their return or integration at the place of displacement, concludes the fifth report on voluntary returns published today by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. The report adds that the number of returns to Kosovo is decreasing every year...