News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence, Albanian People's Advocate launch project to support detainees' right to file complaints
Publishing date: 18 November 2008
TIRANA, 18 November 2008- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Office of the People's Advocate launched a project today to install sealed mailboxes in detention sites, enabling detainees to file complaints about perceived violations of their rights...
Joint declaration of women parliamentarians calls for 30 per cent female representation in South-Eastern Europe parliaments
Publishing date: 27 October 2008
TIRANA, 27 October 2008- Female parliamentarians from South-Eastern Europe urged their respective parliaments and governments to adopt electoral codes to guarantee at least 30 per cent of seats for women candidates...
Female parliamentarians from South-Eastern Europe agree to increase co-operation on gender with support from OSCE
Publishing date: 24 October 2008
TIRANA, 24 October 2008- Female parliamentarians from South-Eastern Europe agreed to intensify their co-operation to increase women's participation in politics during a meeting in Tirana organized by the Albanian Parliament and the OSCE Presence...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for broad public consultations on Albania's draft media law
Publishing date: 8 October 2008
VIENNA, 8 October 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, welcomed the decision of the Albanian authorities to postpone the adoption of a new Law on Radio and Television...
Albania finalizes computerization of civil status data, starts issuing printed civil status certificates
Publishing date: 14 August 2008
TIRANA, 14 August 2008- The Albanian Interior Ministry, with support from the OSCE Presence, will begin issuing printed civil status certificates at the Civil Status Offices in Tirana, and local government units in Kamez and Paskuqan...
OSCE Presence, USAID publish book to assist implementation of domestic violence law
Publishing date: 31 July 2008
TIRANA, 31 July 2008- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) published this week a judicial manual that will help courts to implement the country's law on domestic violence...
Broad consultation on Communist collaboration legislation needed, urges head of OSCE Presence in Albania
Publishing date: 18 July 2008
TIRANA, 18 July 2008- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Robert Bosch, urged Albanian legislators today to allow sufficient time for consultation on proposed legislation concerning collaborators with the former Communist regime...