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Joint Statement by President Marcos Perestrello and Mike Turner on the 30th Anniversary of the Dayton Accords and Preserving Peace & Security in the Western Balkans
26 May 2025 Over the course of the 2025 NATO PA Spring Session in Dayton, Ohio, we have commemorated the legacy of the Dayton Peace Accords, signed 30 years ago to bring an end to one of the most devastating conflicts on European soil since the...
Owner: NATO Parliamentary Assembly
EU Approves Defense Loan Plan
(MENAFN) As part of an increasing drive for Europe to enhance its own defense capabilities, the European Union member states have reached a consensus on a substantial EURO150 billion (USD170 billion) loan initiative. This financial package is...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
EU Reveals USD170B Defense Loan Initiative to Enhance Security
(MENAFN) In a significant move toward enhancing European self-reliance in defense, EU nations have approved a €150 billion ($170 billion) loan initiative aimed at increasing defense expenditures through 2030. The funding will support collaborative...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
8th World Bee Day: Bee diplomacy for environmental protection and biodiversity
SLOVENIA, May 20 - Bees and other pollinators play a vital role in maintaining ecosystems and biodiversity. World Bee Day, celebrated on 20 May, offers an opportunity for global cooperation and solidarity in their protection. This year marks the...
Owner: Slovenian Government
OSCE strengthens Montenegro’s border security with training on arms and human trafficking
The OSCE is helping strengthen Montenegro’s ability to combat arms and human trafficking through targeted training for border and criminal police officers. From 13 to 16 May in Bar, Montenegro, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), in...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Towards Equality between Women and Men
With the support of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, the Parliament is making tangible progress toward equality between women and men, introducing new policies, strengthening oversight and advancing structural reforms. On 11 February, the Parliamentary...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Statement by the OSCE Troika on the Situation in Georgia
VIENNA, 13 December 2024 — Today, the OSCE Troika - Malta, North Macedonia and Finland - made the following statement: "We, the members of the OSCE Troika, strongly condemn the Georgian authorities’ violent response to peaceful protests by...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Strengthening cooperation, resilience and cohesion in the Adriatic-Ionian Region
SLOVENIA, May 6 - At the high-level panel of ministers responsible for EU funds, Minister Jevšek stressed that the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian region (EUSAIR) was an excellent platform for collaboration within and between EU member...
Owner: Slovenian Government
Drug Trials Snapshots: EKTERLY
HOW TO USE THIS SNAPSHOT The information provided in Snapshots highlights who participated in the key clinical trials that supported the original FDA approval of this drug, and whether there were differences among sex, race, age, and ethnic...
Owner: American Government
OSCE gathers expert network to discuss the full range of security challenges facing the region
The OSCE Troika convened the second Annual Meeting of the Expert Network on the OSCE on 11 and 12 November. The Network was launched in November 2023 in Skopje by the OSCE 2023 Chairpersonship of North Macedonia and former Secretary General Helga...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Europe and Eurasia: Press Availability in Skopje, Macedonia
Assistant Secretary Nuland: Good afternoon everybody! Sorry to keep you waiting, at least it is a beautiful day here in Skopje. I am back for the third time, at least in this job obviously. I have been here more than a dozen times over my career....
Owner: American Government
Joint statement of the OSCE Troika on the 1000th day since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
VIENNA, 19 November 2024 — Today, the OSCE Troika - Malta, North Macedonia and Finland - made the following statement: “On this 1000th day since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we, the OSCE Troika members - Malta, North...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Meet AEssenseGrows and Endo Canna: See New Products and Production Supply at ICBC Berlin 2025
AEssenseGrows provides consulting services & advanced technology for indoors. Endo Canna is a European state-of-art cannabis licensed medical cannabis producer. BERLIN, BERLIN/BRANDENBURG, GERMANY, April 21, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ --...
OSCE strengthens law enforcement and judicial response to gender-based violence through survivor engagement and theater play in Bosnia and Herzegovina
On 28 and 29 April, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, held a two-day training course on gender-based violence (GBV) for 24 police and judicial professionals from the...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
UK: UK signs agreements with Western Balkans countries to tackle people smuggling ― Officials express doubts about government’s ‘smash the gangs’ policy ― Asylum applicants stranded on Diego Garcia finally allowed to enter UK
The UK has signed agreements with Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia as part of its efforts to tackle people-smuggling gangs. Officials have cast doubts over the government’s efforts to dismantle the people-smuggling gangs that are responsible for...
Owner: ECRE (Non-profit)
Responsible use of AI in the military domain focus of OSCE Asian Partners for Co-operation Group Meeting
On 11 November 2024, North Macedonia, as Chair of the OSCE Asian Partners for Co-operation Group, hosted the fifth OSCE Asian Partners for Co-operation Group meeting in collaboration with the Republic of Korea. The meeting, titled “The Outcomes of...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
International Mother Earth Day: Slovenia's commitment to sustainable development reflected in its foreign policy
SLOVENIA, April 22 - On the initiative of a group of countries, including Slovenia, the UN General Assembly recognised the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment in 2022. By actively participating in this process, Slovenia...
Owner: Slovenian Government
Slovenian ODA amounted to EUR 152 million in 2024
SLOVENIA, April 17 - Preliminary figures for ODA in 2024, published yesterday by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), based on reports from OECD member countries, show that contributions fell by 7.1% in real terms,...
Owner: Slovenian Government
OSCE 2024 Asian Conference to take place in Vienna
VIENNA, 14 October 2024 – The 2024 Asian Conference will take place in Vienna on 15 and 16 October 2024. This annual event is co-hosted by North Macedonia, the 2024 OSCE Asian Partners for Co-operation Group Chair and Japan, an Asian Partner for...
Owner: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe