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ODIHR Director Link calls for halting evictions of Roma and anti-Roma rhetoric in Bulgaria

Publishing date: 13 July 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 13 July 2015 – Michael Georg Link, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today called on Bulgarian authorities to immediately address interethnic tension and halt evictions in Roma communities...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities holds regional summer school on multilingual and multicultural education in Central Asia

Publishing date: 7 July 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, National minority issues
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors, in co‑operation with the Ministry of Education and Science and UNICEF in Kyrgyzstan, is holding a regional summer school on “Multilingual and Multicultural Education for Integration” from 6 to 11 July 2015 in Cholpon Ata. A total of 75

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities assesses inter-ethnic relations in Zakarpattia and Lviv, western Ukraine

Publishing date: 7 July 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 7 July 2015 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors assessed the situation of national minorities and internally displaced people (IDPs) in western Ukraine during a visit to Uzhhorod, Mukacheve, Berehove and Lviv from 29 June to 3 July...

Dialogue, trust and security are watchwords for 2016 Germany’s OSCE Chairmanship, Foreign Minister Steinmeier tells OSCE Permanent Council

Publishing date: 2 July 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Economic activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Good governance, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 2 July 2015 – Germany is ready to take on the responsibility of steering the OSCE against the background of one of the most serious crises since the end of the Cold War, with a vision for its 2016 Chairmanship based on dialogue, trust and security, the country’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told the OSCE’s Permanent Council in Vienna today...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, in Kazakhstan, discusses impact of reforms on national minorities

Publishing date: 24 June 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors encouraged the authorities of Kazakhstan to take the country’s ethnic and linguistic diversity into account in planned reforms, known as the “100 Concrete Steps”, in areas including education, the civil service, and promotion of national

Roundtable at OSCE Mission in Moldova engages Gagauz civil society in public discussion

Publishing date: 15 June 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues
As part of its three-year project to support the engagement of Gagauz minority youth and civil society in public discussions and public service, a roundtable was held at the OSCE Mission to Moldova on 10 June 2015...

Reconciliation and integration still needed in Kyrgyzstan, says High Commissioner Thors, five years after the tragic inter-ethnic violence

Publishing date: 12 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 12 June 2015 – The authorities of Kyrgyzstan must address the root causes of inter-ethnic tensions in the country, said OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors today on the fifth anniversary since her predecessor Knut Vollebaek issued an Early Warning to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in relation to the inter-ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan...