News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported public hearings in Bishkek highlight Kyrgyzstan’s electoral reform
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
Reform of Kyrgyzstan’s election legislation was the topic of several OSCE-supported public hearings held in Bishkek on 31 May 2013...
OSCE Presence helps blind people vote in Albania’s general elections
Publishing date: 27 May 2013
TIRANA, 27 May 2013 – The OSCE Presence in Albania is helping some 2,000 visually impaired people to vote in the 23 June parliamentary elections, by holding training events on the use of assistive voting devices, electoral procedures and access to voting centres. The first course started today in Tirana...
OSCE/ODIHR presents recommendations from final report on 2012 general elections in the United States
Publishing date: 23 May 2013
Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), was in Washington DC from 21 to 23 May 2013 to present the final report of the Limited Election Observation Mission for last year’s general elections in the United States...
OSCE/ODIHR shares expertise with citizen election observer groups in Tunisia
Publishing date: 17 May 2013
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) provided expertise on effective election observation reporting at a workshop for leaders of Tunisian citizen election observer groups in Tunis on 16 and 17 May 2013...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for parliamentary elections in Albania
Publishing date: 15 May 2013
TIRANA, 15 May 2015 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission to monitor the 23 June parliamentary elections in Albania...
Bulgaria’s elections competitive and well run, but trust in process is lacking, international observers say
Publishing date: 13 May 2013
SOFIA, 13 May 2013 – Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections on 12 May were held in a competitive environment, fundamental freedoms were respected, and the administration of elections was well managed, although the campaign was overshadowed by a number of incidents that diminished trust in state institutions and the process was negatively affected by pervasive allegations of vote-buying, international observers said in a statement today...
OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission for presidential election in Mongolia
Publishing date: 13 May 2013
ULAANBAATAR, 13 May 2013 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission to monitor the 26 June presidential election in Mongolia...