News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Greater youth participation in decision-making needed, says Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 13 November 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 13 November 2012- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, urged today at a conference greater involvement of young people in decision-making and policy creation...
OSCE trains Kosovo police in drug trafficking investigation
Publishing date: 9 November 2012
An advanced training course on drug trafficking investigation organized by the OSCE Mission concluded on 9 November 2012 at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo trains judges and lawyers to improve property rights protection
Publishing date: 2 November 2012
A series of three workshops organized by the OSCE Mission for 90 judges and lawyers in Kosovo on improving the protection of property rights was completed in Prishtinë/Priština on 31 October 2012...
Despite policy framework improvements, security incidents continue to affect returns process in Kosovo, concludes OSCE report
Publishing date: 1 November 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 1 November 2012 – Despite encouraging developments in the policy and institutional framework for the protection and promotion of the rights of displaced persons and returnees, security incidents at a number of returns sites continue to negatively affect the returns process, concludes an OSCE Mission in Kosovo report issued today...
OSCE Mission trains law enforcement agencies in Kosovo on procurement fraud and corruption investigation
Publishing date: 22 October 2012
A training course on procurement fraud and investigating corruption organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo concluded on 19 October 2012 at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
OSCE Mission helps Kosovo police identify and investigate hate crimes
Publishing date: 19 October 2012
A series of six workshops held across Kosovo on identifying, investigating and responding to hate crimes for 90 high-ranking Kosovo police officers including station commanders, regional deputy directors, and regional chiefs of operations concluded on 19 October 2012 in Ferizaj/Uroševac...
Greater awareness key to human trafficking prevention, says OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 October 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 17 October 2012 – On the occasion of European Anti-Trafficking Day, today representatives of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo called for greater awareness of the threat of human trafficking. The appeal was made during a presentation of selected poems and essays written by high school students from different Kosovo communities on this topic...