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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits South-Eastern Europe

Publishing date: 26 March 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
The High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek visited Belgrade, Bujanovac and Skopje from 19 to 23 March 2012...

OSCE Mission to Moldova supports discussion on Gagauz minority’s language rights

Publishing date: 19 March 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: National minority issues
A set of recommendations on how to ensure the language rights of the Gagauz minority of Moldova was presented on 29 March 2012 at an OSCE-hosted roundtable meeting in Chisinau...

Taking the long-term view: why quiet diplomacy is needed in modern times

Publishing date: 1 March 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
Quiet diplomacy has an important role in addressing the root causes of conflicts, stressed the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek in his address to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Winter Session 2012 on 24 February 2012...

OSCE High Commissioner discusses recent incidents of ethnic tension with authorities in Skopje

Publishing date: 10 February 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Skopje from 8 to 10 February 2012 to discuss with the authorities the recent interethnic incidents in the country...

OSCE Presence in Albania provides Roma and Egyptian schoolchildren with education material

Publishing date: 21 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Education, National minority issues, Youth
The OSCE Presence in Albania provided basic education materials to more than 300 children from the Roma and Egyptian communities in the south-eastern town of Korça...

OSCE Presence in Albania enables Roma children to attend school

Publishing date: 15 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Education, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti, Youth
The OSCE Presence in Albania ensured that 160 Roma children in the town of Fushe-Kruja in central Albania are able to continue their education this school year, by covering the rent, as the school is in private premises, and donated 170 books and three computers...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns desecration of Jewish cemetery

Publishing date: 2 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 2 December 2011- Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Edward P. Joseph, condemned today the recent desecration of the Jewish Cemetery in Prishtinë/Priština, calling on law enforcement to investigate, and the municipality to repair the damage...