News and press releases

TIRANA, 7 April 2011 – Promoting the rights of disabled people by strengthening the capacities of the Albanian National Council of People with Disabilities (ANCPD) and relevant civil society organizations was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized today in Tirana by the OSCE Presence and the British Council Albania...

The OSCE Presence in Albania provided 35 computers to the Central Election Commission (CEC) on 30 March 2011. The computers will be used in the preparation and administration of the 8 May local government elections...

TIRANA, 16 March 2011 – Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Alexander Arvizu, the U.S. Ambassador to Albania, Ambassador Ettore Sequi, the Head of the EU Delegation to Albania, made the following statement today concerning recent incidents involving Roma families...

A group of 40 Albanian women participating in an OSCE Presence in Albania project on gender equality asked Albanian President Bamir Topi for support in ensuring women’s inclusion in electoral candidates’ lists for the upcoming local elections during a meeting on 8 March 2011 in Tirana...

TIRANA, 7 MARCH 2011- International Women’s Day on 8 March and upcoming local elections on 8 May provide an opportunity to underline our continued support of the promotion of gender equality, said the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth today...

The OSCE Presence in Albania and the non-governmental organization the Albanian Centre for Legal Civil Initiatives presented on 3 March three reports related to the situation for victims of trafficking in Albania at an event organized in Tirana

TIRANA, 25 February 2011 – Albanian police instructors today completed an OSCE-supported course that will enable them to travel to Afghanistan this summer to train Afghan police in basic policing techniques...