News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Head of Presence urges Albania's election administration body to fully engage in parliamentary election preparation
Publishing date: 13 February 2013
TIRANA, 13 February 2013- OSCE Head of Presence in Albania Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth has called on the Central Election Commission to meet their responsibilities in the run up to the 23 June general elections...
16,000 precinct election commission members trained with OSCE, EU support
Publishing date: 11 February 2013
YEREVAN, 11 February 2013 – A nation-wide training programme for precinct election commissioners that is being conducted with OSCE and EU support ahead of the upcoming presidential election was presented today in Yerevan...
OSCE/ODIHR presents electoral recommendations in Montenegro
Publishing date: 8 February 2013
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the final report of the Limited Election Observation Mission for Montenegro’s early parliamentary elections last year during a visit to Podgorica which concluded on 8 February 2013...
OSCE Presence in Albania brings international community together to discuss elections
Publishing date: 5 February 2013
TIRANA, 5 February 2013 – Representatives of the international community in Tirana met today under the auspices of the OSCE Presence in Albania to exchange information and co-ordinate positions in view of the forthcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for 23 June...
OSCE helps to improve transparency of Armenian Central Electoral Commission
Publishing date: 5 February 2013
An OSCE-supported project to allow web-streaming of sessions of the Armenian Central Electoral Commission (CEC) was publicly presented to the media and the international community in Yerevan on 5 February 2013...
ODIHR Director stresses importance of peaceful process after shooting of presidential candidate in Armenia
Publishing date: 1 February 2013
WARSAW, 1 February 2013 – The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, today expressed his grave concern over the shooting yesterday in Yerevan of Paruyr Hayrikyan, a candidate in Armenia’s upcoming presidential election...
OSCE/ODIHR presents recommendations from final report on October parliamentary elections in Georgia
Publishing date: 31 January 2013
A team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Tbilisi from 29 to 31 January 2013 to present the final report of the election observation mission for the 1 October 2012 parliamentary elections in Georgia...