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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities commends efforts to improve access to higher education in southern Serbia

Publishing date: 3 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Education, National minority issues
BELGRADE, 3 March 2010- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, welcomed today the completion of a Serbian government-sponsored study on higher education needs in southern Serbia...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns grave desecration

Publishing date: 22 February 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: National minority issues
Prishtine/Pristina, 22 February 2010- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo today strongly condemned the 19 February desecration of the grave of Zivka Jovanovic at the Orthodox cemetery in Gjilan/Gnjilane...

Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia encourages active participation in National Minority Council elections

Publishing date: 8 February 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues
BELGRADE, 8 February 2010- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, today urged Serbia's national minority communities to register for and vote in elections to National Minority Councils to help ensure broad representation...</p>

OSCE Mission to Skopje presents findings on influence of education system on interethnic relations

Publishing date: 4 February 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Education, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 4 February 2010-A study by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje on the impact of the education system on interethnic relations was presented in Skopje today.

Joint statement by the Heads of Mission of the EU, NATO, OSCE and the United States in Skopje

Publishing date: 28 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, National minority issues, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 28 January 2010- The Skopje Missions of the EU, NATO, OSCE and the U.S. issued the following statement today: "We believe that instruction in the state language in non-majority community areas should start early...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities issues statement on Slovakia's language law

Publishing date: 4 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
THE HAGUE, 4 January 2010- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, issued the following statement today: "The Government of Slovakia has adopted the Principles for the Implementation of the amended State Language Act..."

International community insists on independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina's broadcast regulator

Publishing date: 23 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, National minority issues
SARAJEVO/VIENNA, 23 December 2009- The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina must refrain from undermining the independence of the Communications Regulatory Agency, representatives of the international community warned today...