News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Academy for the training of judges and prosecutors opens in Skopje
Publishing date: 7 March 2006
SKOPJE, 7 March 2006- Justice Minister, Meri Mladenovska-Gjorgjievska, has opened the Academy for the Training of Judges and Prosecutors in Skopje, marking the institutionalisation of continuing education work previously done by...
OSCE Chairman welcomes Presidential initiative to address election conduct in Skopje
Publishing date: 3 March 2006
BRUSSELS, 3 March 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has welcomed the initiative by President Branko Crvenkovski to launch a series of roundtable election discussions in Skopje. The roundtable held yesterday...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports further election legislation improvement
Publishing date: 16 February 2006
SKOPJE, 16 February 2006- A report recommending improvements in election legislation compiled by the OSCE-supported NGO Coalition "All for Fair Trials" was presented recently to authorities in Skopje...
OSCE-backed Skopje conference calls for decriminalizing libel
Publishing date: 10 February 2006
SKOPJE, 10 February 2006- Conference participants here have offered full support to the Government in preparing changes in the country's criminal code to abolish imprisonment for libel changes and...
OSCE experts travel to Skopje to assist in drafting new law on religious communities and groups
Publishing date: 8 February 2006
SKOPJE, 9 February 2006- Government officials in Skopje have welcomed OSCE's assistance in drafting a new law on religious communities and groups. Two OSCE experts arrive in Skopje today for consultations with local experts.
OSCE Skopje Mission supports first aid training course for border police
Publishing date: 30 January 2006
SKOPJE, 30 January 2006- Improving the first aid skills of border police officers is the aim of a three-week training course which starts today at the Military Hospital in Skopje. Officers from each of country's 30 border police stations...
OSCE Chairman welcomes stepped-up fight against organized crime by authorities in Skopje
Publishing date: 24 January 2006
BRUSSELS, 24 January 2006- The OSCE Chairman De Gucht has welcomed the opening of a new department for the prosecution of criminal perpetrators in the area of organized crime and corruption within the Public Prosecution Office in Skopje...