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OSCE Mission calls on institutions in Kosovo to further integrate Roma community

Publishing date: 5 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Roma and Sinti
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 6 April 2012 – Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Edward P. Joseph issued the following statement today ahead of International Roma Day on 8 April:

OSCE Mission to Serbia marks international Roma day with call for inclusion

Publishing date: 5 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Roma and Sinti
BELGRADE, 5 April 2012 – Speaking today ahead of International Roma Day on 8 April, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, offered his congratulations to the Roma community in Serbia and said that the Mission will continue to assist the Serbian Government’s efforts to implement policies in support of Roma integration...

OSCE Mission to Skopje marks International Roma Day

Publishing date: 5 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Roma and Sinti
SKOPJE, 5 April 2012 – On the occasion of International Roma Day on 8 April, the OSCE Mission to Skopje, in co-operation with Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the local non-governmental organization Ambrela, held a workshop in Skopje today on increasing Roma integration in mainstream education through pre-school education...

Roma women need better access to health care, says OSCE Roma adviser

Publishing date: 9 March 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
Women from the Roma and Sinti communities are particularly vulnerable regarding their access to health care and more should be done to address the multiple forms of discrimination against them, said the head of the OSCE Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues, Andrzej Mirga, on International Women’s Day on 8 March 2012...

Europe’s Roma at risk from austerity measures, OSCE Roma adviser tells US Helsinki Commission

Publishing date: 15 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
WASHINGTON, D.C., 15 February 2012 – The persisting financial crisis significantly worsens prospects for integrating Europe’s Roma and Sinti populations and combating intolerance and violence targeting this minority in many countries, the head of the OSCE Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues, Andrzej Mirga, told the United States Helsinki Commission today...

Fight against hate and intolerance must continue says OSCE Chairperson on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Publishing date: 27 January 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
JERUSALEM, 27 January 2012 – Speaking on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore, who is currently on a visit to the Middle East, emphasized the need to continue to fight hate and intolerance...

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...