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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman to visit Belgrade, Pristina to discuss regional stability, OSCE field operations
Publishing date: 1 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Serbia
HELSINKI, 1 February 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, will travel to Belgrade and Pristina on 5 and 6 February...
OSCE Minorities Commissioner urges Kosovo's authorities to reach out to all communities
Publishing date: 15 January 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: National minority issues
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 15 January 2008- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek today urged Kosovo's communities to work towards reconciliation and called upon the government to ensure that minority rights are protected...
OSCE Chairman calls for continuation of Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 10 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 10 January 2007- The OSCE should remain active in Kosovo, the new OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, said Thursday while addressing the Organization's Permanent Council in Vienna...
Kosovo institutions challenged by proposed cuts, OSCE Mission report says
Publishing date: 6 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 6 December 2007- Some of Kosovo's independent agencies and institutions are facing proposed budget and staff cuts that could undermine their sustainability and weaken Kosovo's young democracy, warned an OSCE Mission report issued today...
OSCE Mission brings Kosovo and Serbian institutions together to promote solutions to displacement
Publishing date: 28 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 28 November 2007- Money must be made available to the Kosovo Property Agency so that it can carry out property restitution, the legal and institutional framework must be updated to accommodate the needs of displaced persons...
OSCE Chairman says Kosovo elections help promote democracy; key now to start work soon
Publishing date: 18 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
PRISTINA, 18 November 2007- The elections in Kosovo give its provisional self-government institutions legitimacy and will help promote democracy, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said today.
Awareness of Law on Access to Official Documents at the Kosovo municipal level not satisfactory, says OSCE Mission
Publishing date: 7 November 2007
PRISTINA, 7 November 2007- Kosovo's municipalities need to do more to raise peoples' awareness and the capacity of civil servants about the Law on Access to Official Documents, says an OSCE Mission report issued today...