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Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 12 January 2021

Publishing date: 12 January 2021
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...

Kyrgyzstan’s well-run presidential election impaired by uneven playing field for candidates, international observers say

Publishing date: 11 January 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 11 January 2021 – Despite a large number of candidates and initiatives to improve the election process, the integrity of Kyrgyzstan’s early presidential election was weakened by a major imbalance in the outreach and visibility of the candidates as well as allegations of misuse of public resources, international observers to the presidential election said in a statement today.

Lack of real competition and limitations to fundamental freedoms left voters without genuine choice in Kazakhstan’s parliamentary elections, international observers say

Publishing date: 11 January 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
NUR-SULTAN, 11 January 2021 – While preparations for Kazakhstan’s parliamentary elections were efficiently run, an uncompetitive campaign and systemic de facto limitations on constitutionally guaranteed fundamental freedoms left voters without genuine choice, thus missing an opportunity to pilot the announced political reforms, international observers to the parliamentary elections said in a statement today.

OSCE holds online training on international co-operation and mutual legal assistance in asset recovery for criminal justice practitioners in Albania

Publishing date: 7 January 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Policing
An OSCE-organized three-day online training on international co-operation and mutual legal assistance in asset recovery for beneficiaries in Albania concluded on 7 January 2021.

OSCE holds online training on international co-operation and mutual legal assistance in asset recovery for criminal justice practitioners in Albania

Publishing date: 7 January 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
An OSCE-organized three-day online training on international co-operation and mutual legal assistance in asset recovery for beneficiaries in Albania concluded on 7 January 2021. The Office of the Coordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) and the Transnational Threats Department

Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 05 January 2021

Publishing date: 5 January 2021
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs).

Roberto Montella begins second five-year term as Secretary General of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

Publishing date: 5 January 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 5 January 2021 – Roberto Montella of Italy has begun a second five-year term as Secretary General of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, following his re-election by the Assembly’s Standing Committee at the 2019 Luxembourg Annual Session.