News and press releases

TIRANA, 24 March 2015- About 6,300 police officers across Albania will be trained on their role in the electoral process during a series of training courses which started today in Tirana and will run to the end of April. The training, which is organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania, in partnership with the Albanian State Police, and with the support of the Central Election Commission and the General Prosecutor’s office, comes ahead of the 21 June local elections...

CHISINAU, 1 December 2014 – The 30 November parliamentary elections were characterized by a wide choice of political alternatives and were generally well administered, although the deregistration of one electoral contestant shortly before election day raised questions about the timing and circumstances, international election observers said in a statement issued today. While contestants enjoyed unimpeded access to the media, political influence in broadcast media led to partisan reporting...

CHISINAU, 17 April 2014 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, met today with a US Congressional delegation during their visit to Moldova. The delegation included Senators John McCain, John Barrasso, John Hoeven, and Ron Johnson, who represent several committees in the US Congress.

As part of the project supporting participation of Gagauz youth in public and political life, the OSCE Mission to Moldova organized the first master class for students of Comrat University, in Gagauzia, on 14 April 2014. The invited guest, Hungarian Ambassador Mátyás Szilágyi, discussed with the students the rights of national minorities in Hungary...

CHISINAU, 19 March 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today urged the Moldovan authorities to put more effort into strengthening media freedom and pluralism of opinions in the country as she ended her three-day visit to Moldova...

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 1 December 2013 – Following the completion of the second round of mayoral elections in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North and the re-vote at three polling stations in Zvečan/Zveçan, the OSCE successfully concluded its election facilitation in the four northern Kosovo municipalities...

BUCHAREST, 12 September 2013- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, at the close of her visit to Romania today, commended the government for giving priority to the fight against human trafficking...