News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Ahead of February elections, OSCE, EU train law enforcement officials on election fraud investigation
Publishing date: 16 January 2013
YEREVAN, 16 January 2013 – A three-day OSCE-supported workshop for Armenian law enforcement officials dealing with investigation and prosecution of election fraud and corruption started today in Yerevan...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on Ukraine parliamentary elections recommends measures to improve transparency, impartiality
Publishing date: 3 January 2013
The final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 28 October 2012 parliamentary elections in Ukraine concludes the elections were characterized by the lack of a level playing field, and recommends measures to improve the transparency and impartiality of the election process...
OSCE Presence helps children in need in Albania
Publishing date: 14 December 2012
During November and December 2012, the OSCE Presence in Albania helped children in urgent need in a number of towns by providing them with basic living and education items...
Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries
Publishing date: 6 December 2012
DUBLIN, 6 December 2012- Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, Secretary of State of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Minister Delegate for European Affairs of France Bernard Cazeneuve issued the following statement today...
OSCE/ODIHR presents electoral recommendations in Spain
Publishing date: 29 November 2012
A team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Madrid from 26 to 29 November 2012 to present the final report of the Election Assessment Mission for last year’s early parliamentary elections in Spain...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Italian Senate’s rejection of libel legislation, calls for full decriminalization of defamation
Publishing date: 28 November 2012
VIENNA, 28 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today the rejection by the Senate in Rome of the proposal to retain imprisonment for defamation in the Italian Criminal Code...
Secretary General welcomes Mongolia to OSCE, stresses added value to security community
Publishing date: 22 November 2012
The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, welcomed on 22 November 2012 the Permanent Representative of Mongolia, Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan, to the OSCE following the decision for the country to become the Organization’s 57th participating State...