News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje calls upon all communities to keep dynamics of Ohrid Framework Agreement process
Publishing date: 13 August 2013
SKOPJE, 13 August 2013- Today, the OSCE Mission to Skopje is honouring the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA), signed exactly 12 years ago on this day that brought an end to an armed conflict by codifying equitable rights and representation of all ethnic communities...
Unity to remain at all times: OSCE Mission commemorates 50th anniversary of the Skopje earthquake
Publishing date: 25 July 2013
SKOPJE, 26 July 2013 – Only twenty seconds altered the future of the city: on this day in 1963, Skopje was hit by a massive earthquake, killing more than a thousand people and destroying or damaging eighty percent of all buildings. Today, as the OSCE Mission to Skopje commemorates the 50th anniversary of the disaster, the Acting Head of Mission, Ambassador Marianne Berecz, stressed that the solidarity demonstrated at that difficult time should serve as an inspiration for the future...
OSCE Mission to Skopje leads gender working group in boys camp
Publishing date: 4 July 2013
For the second consecutive year the OSCE Mission to Skopje supported the Boys Camp Young Men Leadership Project, organized by YMCA Bitola and US Peace Corps in Tajmiste...
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes public debate on private sector corruption
Publishing date: 3 July 2013
SKOPJE, 2 July 2013 – A public debate was held today in Skopje on the results of a survey on citizens' perceptions on corruption in the private sector and a qualitative analysis of preventative measures...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports police trainer development
Publishing date: 24 June 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje is organizing a training course on curriculum design for 15 police trainers from 24 to 28 June 2013...
Skopje city administrators to be trained on new assessment technique, with OSCE’s help
Publishing date: 18 June 2013
SKOPJE, 18 June 2013 – Staff at Skopje’s city administration will be introduced today to a new quality measurement standard aimed at improving work processes and professional performance at a training course initiated by the Ministry of Information Society and Administration and supported by the OSCE...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports workshops on local elections
Publishing date: 18 June 2013
Identifying lessons to be learned from the March local elections was the aim of four regional workshops for local election administration bodies organized from 13 to 18 June 2013 by the OSCE Mission to Skopje...