News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns violent protests
Publishing date: 27 January 2015
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 27 January 2015 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, has strongly condemned the violence that erupted today during the opposition protests which left dozens of police officers and protesters injured.
Prominent women from Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština hold fourth meeting
Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Fourteen prominent women representing parliaments, academia, civil society and media from Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština gathered for the first time in Belgrade on 15 and 16 December 2014 as part of the so-called “Budva Process,” aimed at enabling these women to engage in a direct dialogue...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo head concerned with attack on newspaper editor, head of journalists association
Publishing date: 10 December 2014
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 10 December 2014 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger expressed today his concern over an attack on newspaper editor and the head of the Association of Kosovo Journalists Zekirja Shabani...
Despite some progress in return, displaced persons remain affected by unresolved property issues and security situation, OSCE Mission in Kosovo report says
Publishing date: 8 December 2014
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 8 December 2014 – Fifteen years after the conflict, and despite substantial international assistance, some 220,000 people displaced outside of Kosovo and some 17,000 people displaced within Kosovo are still without durable solutions regarding their return or integration at the place of displacement, concludes the fifth report on voluntary returns published today by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. The report adds that the number of returns to Kosovo is decreasing every year...
OSCE Mission concludes training for responders to domestic violence in Kosovo
Publishing date: 5 December 2014
The last in a series of five workshops on standard operating procedures for protecting people from domestic violence concluded in Prishtinë/Priština on 5 December 2014. The workshops, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Kosovo Agency for Gender Equality, have trained a total of 200 police officers, social workers, victims’ advocates, doctors, shelters’ staff, teachers, judges, and prosecutors...
OSCE promotes tolerance among young people from different communities in Kosovo
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
In an effort to strengthen inter-ethnic and inter-religious tolerance and understanding, from 5 to 27 November 2014, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo organized three study visits to cultural and religious sites for high school students from Dragash/Dragaš and Prizren municipalities...
Real men never hit women, says OSCE Mission in Kosovo’s campaign for 16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women
Publishing date: 26 November 2014