News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman welcomes stepped-up fight against organized crime by authorities in Skopje
Publishing date: 24 January 2006
BRUSSELS, 24 January 2006- The OSCE Chairman De Gucht has welcomed the opening of a new department for the prosecution of criminal perpetrators in the area of organized crime and corruption within the Public Prosecution Office in Skopje...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports strengthening of independent judiciary in the country
Publishing date: 28 December 2005
SKOPJE, 28 December 2005- Increasing the transparency and independence of the judicial system was the goal of an OSCE-sponsored workshop that ended in Skopje. Thirty-five participants, including...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports mediation training in remote village of Urvic
Publishing date: 27 December 2005
SKOPJE, 27 December 2005- Improving communication between school management and parents, and raising public awareness on the decentralization of education in rural communities was the aim of a series of OSCE workshops in the remote village of Urvic...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports improvement of police oversight mechanism
Publishing date: 22 December 2005
SKOPJE, 22 December, 2005- Improvements to the national police oversight mechanism and the need for an independent external oversight body, fully consistent with European standards, were among the recommendations in a recent report by the OSCE...
OSCE Chairman and Mission to Skopje welcome European Union member candidate status
Publishing date: 19 December 2005
SKOPJE, 19 December 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dimitrij Rupel, and the Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje welcomed the decision of the European Council to grant the host country candidate status for EU membership. "We congratulate...
OSCE Skopje Mission helps train teachers to work in multi-ethnic pre-schools
Publishing date: 16 December 2005
SKOPJE, 16 December 2005- Raising the standards of pre-school education and ensuring the inclusion of all ethnic groups, especially marginalized ones, was the aim of a series of workshops that ended today in Skopje. Twenty school teachers...
OSCE Skopje Mission supports Ombudsman staff training
Publishing date: 15 December 2005
SKOPJE, 15 December, 2005- A training course for Ombudsman deputies and investigators on professional and standardised case handling procedures, and good governance ended today in Skopje. The event, aimed at improving...