OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities warns against rise of anti-Roma...
THE HAGUE, 10 October 2011 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek issued the following statement today...
View ArticleNansen Dialogue Centre Skopje to receive 2011 Max van der Stoel Award
THE HAGUE, 11 October 2011 – The Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje will receive the 2011 Max van der Stoel Award at a ceremony on Monday, 24 October in The Hague...
View ArticleNansen Dialogue Centre Skopje wins Max van der Stoel Award 2011
THE HAGUE, 24 October 2011 – The International Jury of the Max van der Stoel Award today awarded its 2011 prize to the Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje (NDC Skopje) for its outstanding work to promote...
View ArticleOSCE welcomes opening of multilingual university department in south Serbia
BUJANOVAC, Serbia, 28 October 2011 – The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Dimitrios Kypreos, today attended the opening of...
View ArticleOSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to visit Moldova
CHIŞINĂU, 12 March 2012 – The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek will visit Moldova from 13 to 16 March 2012. His visit focuses on issues of integration, education, language...
View ArticleOSCE High Commissioner launches multi-ethnic policing project in Kazakhstan
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, 26 June 2012 – The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek today participated in a high-level event in Astana to launch a new project on policing in...
View ArticleOSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities urges dialogue and compromise...
KYIV, 26 JULY 2012 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek described the situation surrounding a new language law in Ukraine as “deeply divisive” at the conclusion of his visit...
View ArticleOSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities warns against demolishing...
THE HAGUE, 22 August 2012 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek today asked the de-facto leadership of the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia to clarify a statement...
View ArticleSerbia, Romania find steps forward on minority issues in consultations...
AMSTERDAM, 23 October 2012 – On 22-23 October, delegations from the Serbian and Romanian Governments met in the Netherlands for informal consultations under the auspices of the OSCE High Commissioner...
View ArticleOSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities launches guidelines on...
LJUBLJANA, 7 November 2012 – The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek presented guidelines on the integration of diverse societies at an event today in Ljubljana...
View ArticleChildren’s right to education must not be politicized, says OSCE report on...
CHISINAU, 4 February 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Moldova and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities today published a report on the situation of the eight Moldovan-administered, Latin-script...
View ArticleOSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to mark 20 years of preventing...
THE HAGUE, 25 February 2013 – An event to mark the 20th anniversary of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities will take place in The Hague on 7 March...
View ArticleOn Thursday, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities will mark 20 years...
THE HAGUE, 6 March 2013 – An event to mark the 20th anniversary of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities will take place in The Hague tomorrow, 7 March...
View ArticleOSCE Chairperson stresses need to respect and uphold rights of national...
THE HAGUE, 7 March 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, speaking today at an event marking the 20th anniversary of the OSCE High Commissioner on National...
View ArticleOSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Serbia, discusses...
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, visited Serbia from 12 to 14 June 2013 to discuss national minority issues with representatives of central and local government and...
View ArticleOSCE Chairperson welcomes appointment of Astrid Thors as OSCE High...
KYIV, 17 July 2013 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, welcomed the appointment of Finnish politician Astrid Thors as OSCE High Commissioner on National...
View ArticleNew OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors starts mandate
THE HAGUE, 20 AUGUST 2013 – The newly appointed OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), Astrid Thors, started her three-year mandate at the office of the HCNM in The Hague today. Thors...
View ArticleEU, UNHCR and OSCE help tackle the long-term problem of undocumented persons...
BRUSSELS, THE HAGUE, 22 November 2013 – The European Commission, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) today publish the...
View ArticleOSCE launches call for nominations: Max van der Stoel Award 2014
THE HAGUE, 14 February 2014 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors today launched a call for nominations for the Max van der Stoel Award, a 50,000 EUR prize recognizing...
View ArticleRestraint, responsibility and dialogue needed in Ukraine, including Crimea,...
THE HAGUE, 24 February 2014 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors today expressed her satisfaction that solutions to end the violence and loss of life in Ukraine are emerging....
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