News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
PM Office, OSCE Mission and Kosovo NGO begin drafting strategy on Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities
Publishing date: 8 September 2006
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 8 September 2006- The Prime Minister's Office, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Kosovo Foundation for Open Society will tomorrow host a conference to launch the development of a strategy for the integration of Roma, Ashkali and...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps raise knowledge on constitutional issues
Publishing date: 21 July 2006
SKOPJE, 21 July 2006- Constitutional issues are the focus of a two-day roundtable that began yesterday in Skopje. The meeting, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, brings together experts and members of the Assembly of Kosovo...
OSCE Kosovo Mission Head welcomes election of University Rector
Publishing date: 29 June 2006
PRISTINA, 29 June 2006- Ambassador Werner Wnendt, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, today welcomed the election of Enver Hasani as the new Rector of University of Pristina. "I congratulate Prof. Hasani for...
OSCE Mission and Kosovo authorities inaugurate police inspectorate
Publishing date: 28 June 2006
PRISTINA, 28 June 2006- The PISG Ministry of Internal Affairs and the OSCE Mission today inaugurated the Police Inspectorate of Kosovo (PIK), a body designed to ensure that the police are accountable to the people it serves and which will investigate...
OSCE Mission calls for adequate resources to help rehabilitate torture victims
Publishing date: 26 June 2006
PRISTINA- 26 June 2006- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Jens Modvig, marked the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture today by calling for rehabilitation resources to be made available to torture victims...
OSCE Head of Mission urges Kosovo refugees, IDPs, to hold on to hope ahead of World Refugee Day
Publishing date: 19 June 2006
PRISTINA, 19 June 2006- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Wnendt today urged refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) from and within Kosovo to hold on to their dreams of returning home in a statement issued ahead of...
First assessment shows challenges for Kosovo's civil courts, OSCE Mission says
Publishing date: 9 June 2006
PRISTINA, 9 June 2006- A backlog of nearly 44,000 cases, fraudulent property transactions and government interference are some of the problems affecting Kosovo's civil justice system, according to an OSCE Mission in Kosovo report published today...