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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Armenia’s early parliamentary elections were competitive and well run, but polarized and marred by aggressive rhetoric, international observers say
Publishing date: 21 June 2021
YEREVAN, 21 June 2021 –Armenia’s early parliamentary elections were competitive and well-managed within a short time frame. However, they were characterized by intense polarization and marred by increasingly inflammatory language from key contestants, as well as by the sidelining of women throughout the campaign, international observers said in a statement today...
OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid ends two-day visit to Georgia
Publishing date: 16 June 2021
TBILISI, 16 June 2021 — OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid concluded her visit to Georgia yesterday, following two days of intensive discussions and field visits.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro co-organized online regional conference of women parliamentarians
Publishing date: 16 June 2021
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) supported Parliament’s Gender Equality Committee in organizing an online regional conference on 14 June 2021 on the role of parliaments in advancing gender equality and women in politics...
Anti-corruption digital toolbox focus of OSCE seminar in Ashgabat
Publishing date: 15 June 2021
Sharing advanced experiences in the development of new systems and mechanisms to promote a corruption-free society facilitated by broadly accessible digital technologies is the subject of an OSCE-organized online seminar that opened in Ashgabat on 15 June 2021. The two-day event will provide an overview on a range of digital technologies in preventing and combatting corruption, and best practices in Digital Government transformation.
Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek Alexey Rogov met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Ruslan Kazakbaev
Publishing date: 10 June 2021
3 June 2021, BISHKEK – The recently appointed Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek Alexey Rogov met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, Ruslan Kazakbaev.
OSCE conference on threats against freedom of media: participants affirm commitment to strengthening journalists’ rights and freedoms in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 10 June 2021
SARAJEVO, 10 June 2021 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the Embassy of Sweden in BiH, representing the OSCE 2021 Chairpersonship, organized conference with more than 50 journalists and media professionals today to discuss threats against media freedom...
Candidates in Mongolia’s presidential election could campaign freely, but eligibility and media rules remain excessively restrictive, international observers say
Publishing date: 10 June 2021
ULAANBAATAR, 10 June 2021 – Mongolia’s presidential election was well run in difficult circumstances and candidates were able to reach out freely to voters, but overly restrictive candidate eligibility and the blurred line between journalism and political advertising as well as the absence of public debate limited the range of choices and information for voters, international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said in a statement today...