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Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje welcomes progress in Matejce
Publishing date: 18 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 18 February 2002- The conflict-torn village of Matejce, located some 40 km north of Skopje, took a major step towards reconciliation last Thursday, when the ethnically mixed local community council reconvened for the first time...
Multi-ethnic police training course in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia welcomes its first intake
Publishing date: 14 February 2002
SKOPJE, 14 February 2002- Over 100 police cadets have today officially embarked on a nine-month training programme for multi-ethnic groups of recruits. The programme, jointly designed by the Macedonian Government and the OSCE...
Rebuilding confidence between ethnic groups may be only a bus-ride away
Publishing date: 29 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
VIENNA, 29 January 2002- After a ten-month break, the direct bus link between the town of Kumanovo and the capital, Skopje, reopened last week and its restoration was marked by offering a free ride for villagers, local administration officials...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes Law on Local Self-Government passed in Skopje
Publishing date: 25 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization
LISBON, 25 January 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portugal's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jaime Gama, has welcomed the adoption of the law on local self-government by the Parliament of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...
Local community leader beaten and denounced as "traitor"
Publishing date: 24 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 24 January 2002- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje strongly condemns the serious incident which occurred yesterday evening in Tearce, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, when a group of armed people severely beat up...
Foreign Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia addressed OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 24 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Skopje
VIENNA, 24 January 2002- In a press conference after addressing the OSCE Permanent Council, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Slobodan Casule, said the situation in his country was "stable but fragile"
Chairman-in-Office: new laws hopeful sign in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 18 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management
SKOPJE, 18 January 2002- At the end of a two-day visit to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Portugal's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jaime Gama, indicated that his meetings with the Government in Skopje...