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OSCE/ODIHR final report on Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections recommends restoring public confidence in electoral process
Publishing date: 7 January 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
While finding that Bulgaria’s 5 October 2014 early parliamentary elections were efficiently administered and held in a competitive environment, the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) recommends restoring public confidence in the electoral process by addressing the persistent issue of vote-buying and “controlled” voting.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 6 January 2015
Publishing date: 7 January 2015
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). An SMM Unarmed/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was shot at in the Donetsk region. The SMM visited a number of border crossing-points (BCPs) across the country...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and OSCE Secretary General condemn terrorist attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo, offer condolences
Publishing date: 7 January 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
BELGRADE / VIENNA, 7 January 2015- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier expressed their outrage today at the terrorist attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, condemning the massacre as an attack on the freedom of expression...
OSCE media freedom representative strongly condemns horrific attack at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo
Publishing date: 7 January 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 7 January 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović strongly condemned a terrorist attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris today that left at least 12 dead of which 10 are Charlie Hebdo staff, including cartoonists Charb, Cabu, Tignous and Wolinski. Several people were wounded...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s general elections recommends amending legislation on voting and candidacy rights
Publishing date: 7 January 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Although noting that Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 12 October 2014 general elections were held in an environment with respect for fundamental freedoms, the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) recommends the review of limitations on the rights of individuals to vote and to run as candidates.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 5 January 2015
Publishing date: 6 January 2015
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). The JCCC noted that the situation in “Donetsk People’s Republic”-controlled areas had deteriorated considerably in the past 24 hours, with 69 ceasefire violations reported. Two explosions in Odesa caused damage...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 4 January 2015
Publishing date: 5 January 2015
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC)...