News and press releases

KYIV, 27 March 2006- The 26 March parliamentary elections in Ukraine further consolidated the breakthrough in the conduct of a democratic election process that began less than a year and a half ago. Overall, fundamental civil and political rights...

BRUSSELS, 27 March 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has expressed his satisfaction over the conduct of the 26 March parliamentary elections in Ukraine...

VIENNA, 22 March 2006- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Alcee Hastings told the Organization's participating States that the Parliamentary Assembly was willing to "continue dialogue with the Belarusian parliament and other authorities in Belarus"...

MINSK, 20 March 2006- The Belarusian presidential election on 19 March failed to meet OSCE commitments for democratic elections, despite the fact that voters were offered the potential for a genuine choice between four candidates. Arbitrary use of...

BRUSSELS, 17 March 2006- OSCE Chairman, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, is increasingly concerned about the situation in the run-up to Sunday's Presidential election in Belarus. He condemns the harassment and arrests of opposition...

BRUSSELS, 3 March 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht is concerned about the continued detention of four prominent domestic observers in Belarus, as well as the physical aggression and detention yesterday of a....

BAKU, 2 March 2006- The Head of the OSCE Office in Baku, Ambassador Maurizio Pavesi, today called on the Azerbaijani authorities to take all necessary steps in order to bring those responsible for the murder of journalist Elmar Huseynov to justice as...