At the Kosovo level, there is still high refusal from the receiving community to agree to the return of displaced persons mainly of Roma and Serb communities.

In the elementary school "Zenuni" in the village of Brod, near Dragas, in Gora the classes for pupils are divided according to two curriculums, the Serbian and Kosovo. In addition, students on Sar Planina now attend classes in Bosnian language. “Our school has 115 students, out of which 80 attend school in Serbian language,” says Nijazija Sar, the school director who works according to Serbian curriculum.

The municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane is breaking stereotypes about women as it is the first municipality in Kosovo to elect a woman as President of the Municipal Assembly. Valentina Bunjaku-Rexhepi, President of the Gjilan/Gnjilane Municipal Assembly, said on Wednesday that this municipality is serving as a model for promoting the position of women. Bunjaku-Rexhepi talked about her political career in a debate organized by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) where women from different municipalities had the opportunity to share their experiences.

 Lamberto Zannier believes that Serbia, as the next chairman of the OSCE, "will be able to continue Switzerland's efforts to resolve the crisis in Ukraine." "Neutral Switzerland chairs the OSCE this year, and Serbia - an official candidate for membership in the EU - will replace it during 2015," reports the Russian news agency RIA Novosti. "Serbia is in a good position to play the role of an honest broker under the difficult conditions of a rift between East and West. It is what this organization needs - neutral leadership that keeps open all channels of communication with all parties.

From 1 January, when Serbia starts presiding over the OSCE, a hot chair will await our representatives, unless the tensions about reheated cold war calm down.

Vienna – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dacic during a special session of the OSCE Permanent Council, held yesterday in Vienna, presented priorities of the forthcoming Serbian 2015th OSCE presidency. He assessed that the Ukraine crisis opened up certain key issues of the European security, and that it is necessary to make all efforts to solve it and therefore strengthen relations throughout the entire area of OSCE. Dacic said that presence of international forces in Ukraine at this moment is of paramount importance, and added that Serbia offers its full support to the w

VIENNA - During its chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) next year, Serbia will use experience to offer contribution to stability and peace in the world, Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said at the meeting of the OSCE’s Permanent Council in Vienna Tuesday. Lessons from the past show that sustainable solutions can only be achieved through dialogue, Dacic said while presenting the priorities of Serbia's OSCE chairmanship in 2015. He recalled that two years before, Switzerland and Serbia had decided to d

BELGRADE - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Serbia will continue cooperating with state institutions on the issues of refugees and displaced persons, Head of Mission Peter Burkhard said in talks with Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric. Djuric and Ambassador Burkhard considered ways for overcoming the problems facing refugees, including cooperation with the OSCE on ensuring the return and sustainable stay in the province, the Office for KiM said. Djuric pointed to the importance that Serbia attaches to th

OSCE representative for media freedom Dunja Mijatovic condemned the attack on journalists, during demonstrations in Kosovska Mitrovica, and expressed concern for their safety. She also requested guaranteed security for the journalists who report from the demonstrations.  In the statement, which refer to the media reports, was stated that journalists Behar Mustafa (BIRN), Faton Ismajli (Online Express) and Kajtaz Gecaj (Zeri) were attacked while they were reporting from the demonstrations in Kosovska Mitrovica, and that they were attacked by protesters.

"Municipalities in Kosovo should more respect the Law on Use of Languages," was concluded in the report, which was presented by the OSCE mission in Pristina.  The report highlighted concerns about written translation of materials from public meetings, signs on public buildings and roads, as well as inconsistencies in the employment of officials of public administration, which should fluently speak both official languages, Albanian and Serbian.