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OSCE Mission launches workshops for NGOs on monitoring electoral bodies in Kosovo

Publishing date: 1 October 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
On 29 and 30 September 2014, in Prishtinë/Priština, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo held the first in a series of five workshops for ten local NGOs on monitoring the performance of election management bodies...

OSCE condemns death threats against journalists in Kosovo, calls for protection

Publishing date: 18 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA/VIENNA, 18 September 2014- Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, and OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović, expressed today their concern over the safety of journalists and condemned the latest in a series of death threats against Artan Haraqija, a journalist with the Indeksonline news portal...

OSCE Mission delivers training to Police officers in northern Kosovo

Publishing date: 17 September 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Policing
A training session organized by the OSCE Mission on digital photography for 20 newly-appointed and long-serving Kosovo Police officers in the four northern municipalities concluded in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë on 17 September 2014...

OSCE Mission calls for greater participation of women, youth and people with disabilities in decision-making in Kosovo

Publishing date: 15 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 15 September 2014 – On the occasion of the International Democracy Day, 15 September, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, called on institutions to ensure greater participation of women, youth, and people with disabilities in the policy and decision-making process and has encouraged civil society organizations to advocate for the needs of those groups.

OSCE calls for greater protection of journalists in Kosovo

Publishing date: 4 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA / VIENNA, 4 September 2014 – Following recent threats directed at Visar Duriqi, journalist with the Prishtinë/Priština-based news portal Express, the OSCE media freedom representative, Dunja Mijatović today condemned the threats, and the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, called on institutions in Kosovo to provide greater security for journalists...

OSCE Mission trains police on good practices in transferring arrested persons to and from Kosovo

Publishing date: 22 August 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Policing
A five-day advanced training course organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo for ten members of the Police Close Protection Unit on good practices in the transfer of arrested persons wanted by Kosovo or other jurisdictions, concluded in Lipjan/Lipljan on 22 August 2014...

OSCE Kosovo Mission promotes journalism ethics and reporting standards

Publishing date: 14 August 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
The last in a series of three workshops organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo on professional reporting standards, ethics, and media accountability for young journalists concluded in Prizren on 14 August 2014...