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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence delivers draft property law to Albanian Assembly Speaker
Publishing date: 27 October 2003
TIRANA, 27 October 2003- The OSCE Presence in Albania delivered the final draft law on property to the Speaker of the Albanian Assembly, Servet Pellumbi, today...
Albanian poll shows progress but observers call for improvements before parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 14 October 2003
TIRANA, 14 October 2003- The local elections in Albania on 12 October built on improvements made in previous elections and showed further progress towards compliance with OSCE, Council of Europe, and other international standards, though a number...
OSCE/ODIHR starts observation of local government elections in Albania
Publishing date: 10 September 2003
TIRANA, 10 September 2003- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today established an Election Observation Mission to monitor the local government elections in Albania scheduled for 12 October...
OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes Assembly vote on election commission
Publishing date: 1 August 2003
TIRANA, 1 August 2003- The OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes the vote taken in yesterday's extraordinary session of the Assembly, which elected Mr Dode Prenga as a new member of the Central Election Commission (CEC). After the vote, the Head of...
OSCE Presence in Albania chairs property discussion
Publishing date: 24 July 2003
TIRANA, 24 July 2003- Issues related to property restitution and compensation should be dealt with in a fully democratic manner, said the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Osmo Lipponen, at a discussion he chaired today. Lipponen...
OSCE/ODIHR stresses that progress on electoral reform in Albania must lead to improved local elections
Publishing date: 14 July 2003
TIRANA, 14 July 2003- On his first visit to Albania as Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Christian Strohal welcomed the agreement reached by the bi-partisan committee on reforms to...
OSCE Albania Head welcomes approval of Electoral Code amendments
Publishing date: 20 June 2003
TIRANA, 20 June 2003- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania has warmly welcomed the approval on 19 June of amendments to the Electoral Code by the Assembly of Albania, with 94 votes in favour, ten more than required by the Constitution..