Претседавачот со ОБСЕ и министер за надворешни работи Бујар Османи од утре ја почнува својата посета на Централна Азија. Како што информира Министерството за надворешни работи, во рамки на Претседавањето на Северна Македонија со ОБСЕ, дел од агендата на Османи е посета на Узбекистан и на Казахстан. -Посета на Централна Азија, Османи ќе ја започне […]
One in three women have experienced some form of violence and UN data shows that domestic violence is globally, the leading cause of death for females. Instead of feeling safe women are most vulnerable at home. In the first nine months of 2019, 709 cases of domestic violence have been reported in North Macedonia, 610 […]
The OSCE Mission to Skopje and the OSCE Gender Section presented on 15 May 2019 in Skopje a survey that shows that violence against women in North Macedonia is often underreported and that some forms of physical and sexual violence are widespread in the country. The research finds there is a particular need for more […]
Presidential elections will be held in North Macedonia on April 21 and if there’s a second round, it will take place on May 5. However, the opposition is skeptic about the fairness and the democratic nature of these elections. “We’re not sure if the government has taken all the necessary measures for these elections to […]
North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov met yesterday with Corien Jonker, Head of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Observation Mission for the upcoming presidential elections. FM Dimitrov briefed Jonker on the current political developments in the country and the Government’s activities regarding the promotion of the rule of law, human […]
VMRO-DPMNE wants the OSCE to increase the number of observers during the presidential election in the country, which would prevent the possible illegal filling of the ballot boxes. The main opposition party fears that the government is preparing a forgery of the will of the citizens, especially when their request for early general elections was […]
Ambassador Clemens Koja of Austria, appointed by the Italian OSCE Chairmanship as the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, took office today. He succeeds Nina Suomalainen who completed her term as Head of Mission in April. “I am happy to be taking up this important post in the midst of an ongoing reform process […]
The OSCE Mission to Skopje presented Wednesday its first interim report on the activities and cases of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO), which provides a detailed analysis of, and recommendations for the work of the Office, highlighting the challenges encountered and the successes achieved. The report is the result of the Mission’s trial monitoring observations […]
Journalist Naser Selmani called for an end to the years-long practice of impunity of attacks on journalists. The institutions, he said, have tolerated the practice for years, and in some cases they have even encouraged acts of violence against journalists. Selmani, head of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), signed a memorandum of cooperation […]
