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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo police in human-rights compliant riot control
Publishing date: 16 December 2011
A graduation ceremony for 35 police officers who attended a two-week training course on crowd and riot control, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, concluded on 16 December 2011 in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
OSCE Mission, local and international stakeholders mark progress in discussion on returns to Nerodime e Epërme/Gornje Nerodimlje village
Publishing date: 12 December 2011
An OSCE Mission-facilitated meeting with representatives of Ferizaj/Uroševac municipality, Nerodime e Epërme/Gornje Nerodimlje village, Kosovo police, EULEX, UNHCR and the Danish Refugee Council on the returns process concluded successfully in Ferizaj/Uroševac on 9 December 2011...
Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo calls for full respect of human and community rights
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 9 December 2011 – Ambassador Werner Almhofer, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, made the following statement today ahead of International Human Rights Day on 10 December:
OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns desecration of Jewish cemetery
Publishing date: 2 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 2 December 2011- Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Edward P. Joseph, condemned today the recent desecration of the Jewish Cemetery in Prishtinë/Priština, calling on law enforcement to investigate, and the municipality to repair the damage...
Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns killing in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica
Publishing date: 10 November 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 10 November 2011 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, condemned today the killing of a Kosovo Serb and the wounding of two others in northern Mitrovicë/Mitrovica last night...
OSCE conducts training courses in Pristina and Skopje on the protection of human rights during counter-terrorism investigations
Publishing date: 4 November 2011
Content type: News
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
The importance of protecting human rights while investigating terrorist crimes was highlighted in two training courses for law enforcement officers held by the OSCE in Prishtinë/Priština (31 October–1 November 2011) and Skopje (3–4 November)...
OSCE Mission report says most Orthodox graveyards in Kosovo in poor condition
Publishing date: 27 October 2011