News and press releases

Elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the ODIHR final report on Albania’s April 2021 parliamentary elections during a visit to Tirana from 29 September to 1 October 2021. The experts discussed the report’s findings and recommendations

A five-day training course on “Activities of psychologists in domestic violence issues”, organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe concluded on 1 October 2021 in Dushanbe. Twenty-one female psychologists from women’s resource centres (WRCs) and Tajikistan’s Committee on Women and Family Affairs from the Sughd, Khatlon, Rasht Valley regions, and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan took part.

An OSCE-supported series of online thematic webinars on human rights and freedoms were launched on 30 September 2021 and will last until 10 November 2021. The first event was attended by some 46 participants consisting of civil activists, human rights defenders and representatives of governmental agencies.

TBILISI, 3 October 2021 – Georgia’s local elections were competitive and technically well administered, but marred by widespread allegations of electoral violations, vote-buying, and an unlevel playing field, as well as intimidation and pressure, international observers said in a statement today.

STOCKHOLM, 3 October 2021 — The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde highlighted today the importance of the landmark Document of the Moscow Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE – the Moscow Document – which was adopted 30 years ago today by participating States.

Summary In Donetsk region, the Mission recorded 209 ceasefire violations, including 13 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 250 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 21 ceasefire violations, including 16 explosions. In the previous reporting

A visit in the framework of the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security, with a focus on women in armed forces, highlighting the example of Sweden, was organized by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre and the Chairperson-in-Office from 30 September to 1 October 2021.