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Skopje's new Amnesty Law wins praise from OSCE

Publishing date: 8 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
LISBON, 8 March 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister, Jaime Gama, has welcomed the passage of an Amnesty Law by the Parliament in Skopje as an important confidence-building measure for the future of the former Yugoslav...

OSCE Secretary General welcomes agreement with European Commission on policing operation

Publishing date: 28 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Policing
VIENNA, 28 February 2002- The OSCE Secretary General, Jan Kubis, today informed the Organization's 55-nation Permanent Council that the first Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the OSCE and the European Commission...

OSCE/ODIHR to send expanded observation mission to monitor Macedonian elections

Publishing date: 28 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Elections
SKOPJE, 28 February 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will send an expanded observation mission to monitor the upcoming parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...

Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje welcomes progress in Matejce

Publishing date: 18 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 18 February 2002- The conflict-torn village of Matejce, located some 40 km north of Skopje, took a major step towards reconciliation last Thursday, when the ethnically mixed local community council reconvened for the first time...

Multi-ethnic police training course in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia welcomes its first intake

Publishing date: 14 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Policing
SKOPJE, 14 February 2002- Over 100 police cadets have today officially embarked on a nine-month training programme for multi-ethnic groups of recruits. The programme, jointly designed by the Macedonian Government and the OSCE...

Rebuilding confidence between ethnic groups may be only a bus-ride away

Publishing date: 29 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
VIENNA, 29 January 2002- After a ten-month break, the direct bus link between the town of Kumanovo and the capital, Skopje, reopened last week and its restoration was marked by offering a free ride for villagers, local administration officials...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes Law on Local Self-Government passed in Skopje

Publishing date: 25 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization
LISBON, 25 January 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portugal's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jaime Gama, has welcomed the adoption of the law on local self-government by the Parliament of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...