News and press releases

An OSCE-supported guidebook on the role of the public and of journalists during criminal proceedings before the courts was launched in Skopje on 23 April 2014...

SKOPJE, 14 April 2014 – Fundamental freedoms were respected and candidates were able to campaign freely in the efficiently administered 13 April 2014 presidential election in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, although biased and unbalanced media coverage and a blurring of state and party activities created an unbalanced playing field, international observers said in a statement issued today...

Medical students from the Nace Bugjoni high school in Kumanovo were the recipients of the first grant from the new Building Bridges Fund, and used the money to hold a public event on 7 April 2014 to raise awareness about World Health Day.

More than 190 judges, prosecutors, attorneys and police officials will receive practical advanced training on particular concepts of the criminal procedure in 2014. The training, the first session of which takes place on 20 March 2014, is organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje with the aim of strengthening the professionalism, efficiency and transparency of justice...

Raising awareness among the youth branches of political parties on the importance of democratic values in an election process was the aim of a conference organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the MOST non-governmental organization on 14 to 16 March 2014...

An NGO network aiming to enhance inter-communal relations in the municipality of Struga was launched on 14 March 2014, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Skopje...

Functional school mediation systems to promote constructive interaction between students, teachers and staff in secondary schools are being set up as part of a new project by the OSCE Mission to Skopje officially launched on 13 March 2014.