News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Co-ordinator for Belarusian election observation concludes visit to Belarus
Publishing date: 29 August 2001
MINSK, 29 August, 2001 (OSCE)-- Kimmo Kiljunen MP (Finland), the Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, visited Minsk on 28 and 29 August 2001. Mr. Kiljunen has been named by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office as Special Co-ordinator...
Belarus election: observer chief cancels visit citing visa denials
Publishing date: 27 August 2001
WARSAW, 27 August 2001 (OSCE)-- Citing government obstruction, the Director of Europe's leading election observation agency cancelled a planned visit to oversee OSCE preparations for the observation of the upcoming presidential election in Belarus.
Belarus: Credibility of presidential election in question as key European observers remain shut out
Publishing date: 6 August 2001
WARSAW, 6 August 2001 (OSCE)- Belarusian authorities are obstructing an effective international observation of their upcoming presidential election by denying entry to Europe's principal election observation institution.
OSCE welcomes abolition of exit permits in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 31 July 2001
ALMATY, 31 July 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Centre in Almaty commends Kazakhstan for having abolished the so-called exit visas by governmental decree on 28 July. In the light of OSCE commitments and repeated recommendations from the OSCE...
OSCE election observers not yet welcome in Belarus
Publishing date: 30 July 2001
WARSAW, 30 July 2001 (OSCE)- The Belarusian authorities today informed the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) that it should delay deployment of its Mission to observe the upcoming Presidential election...
OSCE/ODIHR and Russian Central Election Commission to co-operate in observing Belarus elections
Publishing date: 24 July 2001
WARSAW, 24 July 2001 (OSCE)- Ambassador Gerard Stoudmann, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), met today in Warsaw with Mr. Alexander Veshnyakov, Chairman of the Russian Federation Central Election...
Albanian elections: In remaining zones, third round highlights problems
Publishing date: 23 July 2001
TIRANA, 23 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The two weeks leading up to yesterday's third round of Albanian parliamentary elections served to highlight remaining electoral deficiencies, concluded the International Election Observation Mission...