News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Head of OSCE Kosovo Mission: mutual respect is key to success
Publishing date: 23 October 2003
PRISTINA, 23 October 2003- Kosovo is gradually facing up to the challenge of self-government, but international help will still be necessary for some time yet, in order to ensure self-sustainable progress, Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, Head of the OSCE...
Experts' meeting develops recommendations to combat human trafficking in Kosovo
Publishing date: 22 October 2003
PRISTINA, 22 October 2003- An international conference concluded today in Kosovo with a call for the further development and co-ordination of services and resources to fight the modern form of slavery, trafficking in human beings. The OSCE Mission...
OSCE Mission organizes visit to support transparent and open leadership in Kosovo
Publishing date: 20 October 2003
PRISTINA, 20 October 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo's Democratisation Department has arranged for a group of municipal information officers to visit their counterparts in two cities in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina over the next two days...
OSCE Mission report: Parallel structures affect rule of law in Kosovo
Publishing date: 7 October 2003
PRISTINA, 7 October 2003- A new human rights report from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo shows that parallel structures continue to exist in Kosovo in several areas of the public sectorand that these are having a direct impact on the rights of...
Parliamentarians agree to strengthen regional dialogue on socio-economic development
Publishing date: 4 October 2003
SARAJEVO, 4 October 2003- Over the last two days, parliamentarians from throughout south-eastern Europe gathered in Sarajevo to discuss common social and economic development goals, and how regional contact can assist in this endeavour. The inter...
OSCE trains legal professionals on new Provisional Criminal Codes for Kosovo
Publishing date: 2 October 2003
PRISTINA, 2 October 2003- The OSCE-established Kosovo Judicial Institute (KJI) will host two training sessions this week to introduce Kosovo's legal community to the reforms contained in the new Provisional Criminal Code and...
Kosovo media representatives to establish press council
Publishing date: 17 September 2003
PRISTINA, 17 September 2003- Journalists from throughout Kosovo have agreed during a two-day media rights conference to establish a self-regulatory body and to draw up a code of conduct for the print media...