News and press releases

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 9 July 2012 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, condemned today the murders of Milovan and Ljiljana Jevtić, Kosovo Serb returnees to the village of Talinovc i Muhaxherëve/Muhadžer Talinovac in Ferizaj/Uroševac municipality...

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 29 June 2012 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, condemned today violent incidents that occurred throughout the day on 28 June and called for a thorough investigation of the incidents and allegations of excessive use of force by some police officers...

To improve the quality of the legislative process and effective oversight of the executive, the Assembly of Kosovo and the government should undertake realistic and co-ordinated legislative planning, avoid urgent procedures and respect the role of the opposition, concluded participants of an OSCE Mission conference on relations between the legislative and executive held in Prishtinë/Priština on 27 June 2012...

From 25 to 27 June 2012, representatives of Ministries of Interior, of Local Government Administration, of Economy and Finance and other stakeholders reviewed and finalised new administrative rules for the Municipal Community Safety Councils in an OSCE-supported workshop that took place in Durres, Albania...

A two-day OSCE-supported conference on the empowerment of women in decision-making for more than 70 representatives of the Assembly of Kosovo and municipal women caucuses, political parties, Agency for Gender Equality, and local and international agencies dealing with gender issues, concluded in Prishtinë/Priština on 23 June 2012...

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo supported the development of new 2012-2017 strategies and action plans against drug trafficking, terrorism and organized crime for Kosovo through a series of workshops held in Durres, Albania, between 6 and 23 June 2012...

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo concluded a one-week training course on witness protection for 20 Kosovo police officers on 15 June 2012 in Vushtrri/Vučitrn. The training focused on legal provisions and appropriate procedures and protection programmes that can be offered to witnesses...