News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR and OSCE Office in Tajikistan discuss final report on presidential elections and expanding political participation at meeting in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 9 April 2014
DUSHANBE, 9 April 2014 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented today the final report of the Election Observation Mission for the November 2013 presidential election at an event co-organized with the OSCE Office in Tajikistan....
Although parliamentary elections in Hungary offered voters a diverse choice, ruling party enjoyed undue advantage, say international observers
Publishing date: 7 April 2014
BUDAPEST, 7 April 2014 – The 6 April 2014 parliamentary elections were well administered and offered voters a diverse choice, but a number of factors provided undue advantage to the ruling party, international observers said in a statement issued today. These included the manner in which a large number of changes to the legal framework were passed, restrictive campaign regulations, biased media coverage and the blurring of the separation between a ruling political party and the state...
OSCE Presence, Council of Europe assist Albania in increasing election commissioners’ professionalism
Publishing date: 31 March 2014
TIRANA, 31 March 2014- Best practices and platforms for the training of electoral commissioners were discussed today in Tirana at a roundtable organized by the Central Election Commission (CEC) with the support of the OSCE Presence and the Council of Europe’s office in Albania. Concrete examples of electoral training centres were brought by the directors of two such structures in Georgia and Moldova.
OSCE parliamentarians meet Acting President of Ukraine on pre-election visit
Publishing date: 28 March 2014
KYIV, 28 March 2014 – A delegation of senior OSCE parliamentarians today completed a pre-election visit to Ukraine that featured discussions with Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov.
OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission for early presidential election in Ukraine
Publishing date: 20 March 2014
KYIV, 20 March 2014 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission for the 25 May 2014 early presidential election in Ukraine. The mission’s deployment follows an invitation from the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Early parliamentary elections in Serbia offered voters a genuine choice and respected fundamental freedoms, say international observers
Publishing date: 17 March 2014
BELGRADE, 17 March 2014 – The 16 March 2014 early parliamentary elections offered voters a genuine choice, were conducted on a sound legal basis, and fundamental freedoms were respected throughout the campaign, international election observers said in a statement issued today. The observers also highlighted the need for some further legal reform and increased media pluralism...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes democratic values in youth party branches ahead of elections
Publishing date: 17 March 2014
Raising awareness among the youth branches of political parties on the importance of democratic values in an election process was the aim of a conference organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the MOST non-governmental organization on 14 to 16 March 2014...