News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR report finds May elections in Greece administered efficiently and impartially, recommends improvements to campaign finance regulations
Publishing date: 27 July 2012
Greece’s early parliamentary elections on 6 May were administered efficiently and impartially in a competitive and open manner, despite tight deadlines and an adverse economic background, concludes the OSCE/ODIHR final report...
Moldova’s automated election-management system has potential but needs more work, ODIHR says
Publishing date: 26 July 2012
An automated information system Moldova is introducing to help administer elections could become a powerful management tool but improvements are necessary, according to an assessment by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented in Chisinau on 26 July 2012...
OSCE launches project to strengthen women’s political participation in Armenia
Publishing date: 25 July 2012
YEREVAN, 25 July 2012- The Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Andrey Sorokin, announced today a series of activities to increase opportunities for women’s participation in political life ahead local self-government and presidential elections in 2012 and 2013 in Armenia...
Head of OSCE presence welcomes approval of new electoral code by Albanian parliament, calls for addressing immunities issue
Publishing date: 19 July 2012
TIRANA, 19 July 2012 – The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, welcomed today the approval of amendments to the Electoral Code by the Albanian Parliament...
OSCE/ODIHR launches handbooks for election observers on media monitoring and voter registration
Publishing date: 13 July 2012
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented two new handbooks for election observers – on media monitoring and voter registration – in Vienna on 13 July 2012...
OSCE meeting focuses on role of election observation in promoting democracy and security
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
VIENNA, 12 July 2012 – Election observation and the recommendations provided by observation missions of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) are key to promoting democracy and security, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE meeting in Vienna...
ODIHR releases e-learning course for short-term election observers
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
A web-based learning course designed to assist OSCE participating States in training short-term election observers was released by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on 12 July 2012...