Event archive
March 2009
Conference
OSCE High Commissioner to discuss naturalization, education in Estonia
High Commissioner Knut Vollebaek will pay a visit to Estonia for meetings with the Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Education and Research and the Minister of Population and Ethnic…
February 2009
Conference
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to hold consultations with Czech EU Presidency
High Commissioner Knut Vollebaek will travel to Prague in order to discuss his conflict prevention activities within the European Union and in the EU neighbourhood.
Conference
High Commissioner on National Minorities to examine inter-ethnic relations in Serbia
The High Commissioner will visit Serbia to look into several issues, including the recognition of diplomas issued in Kosovo, voter registration for electing national minority councils and multicultural tertiary education.
Conference
OSCE High Commissioner to discuss national minority issues in Budapest
High Commissioner Vollebaek will pay a one-day visit to the Hungarian capital for consultations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary.
Conference
OSCE High Commissioner to travel to Slovakia
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, will visit Slovakia for meetings with the country's government officials and representatives of the Hungarian minority.
Conference
High Commissioner on National Minorities to focus on education during visit to Kosovo
Ambassador Vollebaek will hold talks with Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Education Minister Enver Hoxhaj in order to examine outstanding issues in the education of Kosovo's ethnic communities.
January 2009
Conference
OSCE Minorities Commissioner to visit the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek will pay a visit to Skopje and the municipalities of Kicevo and Tetovo as well as Struga.
Conference
OSCE Minorities Commissioner to travel to Georgia
High Commissioner Knut Vollebaek will visit Georgia, including Abkhazia and South Ossetia, to assess the inter-ethnic situation in the two regions.
December 2008
Seminar
High Commissioner to examine impact of populism on national minorities
High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, will deliver a keynote address to the seminar "National Minorities and the Rise of Populist Politics" organized by the Socialist Group in the European Parliament.
November 2008
Conference
OSCE Minorities Commissioner to travel to Athens
The High Commissioner will consult with the incoming OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis. The situation of national minorities in the OSCE region will be discussed as well inter-ethnic relations in Greece.
Conference
High Commissioner on National Minorities to assess inter-ethnic relations in Croatia
High Commissioner Knut Vollebaek will hold talks with the President, Prime Minister and other high officials on several issues that the HCNM has followed closely for years, in key areas relating to national minorities.
Roundtable
Roundtable meeting for negotiators of Transnistrian settlement
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities will organize a roundtable meeting for the negotiators of the Transnistrian settlement in the 5+2 format.
Conference
OSCE Minorities Commissioner to visit Ukraine
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities will visit Ukraine, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
October 2008
Conference
OSCE High Commissioner to visit Ireland
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, will pay a two-day visit to Ireland which is a key supporter of the HCNM in the OSCE context.
Conference
OSCE High Commissioner to hold consultations in Berlin
High Commissioner Vollebaek will travel to Berlin to hold consultations with the German government as part of ongoing dialogue on national minority issues in the OSCE region.
Conference
High Commissioner Vollebaek to launch recommendations on national minorities in inter-State relations
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, will launch a set of recommendations on national minorities in inter-State relations in the capital of Italy's bilingual Bolzano/Bozen province.
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