News and press releases

CHIŞINĂU, 6 December 2011 – Draft regulations on the legal framework governing election coverage and political campaigning in the media during the election period were presented today at a roundtable meeting in Chişinău held by the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the non-governmental Association for Participatory Democracy...

The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, gave a briefing to journalists on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial council in Vilnius on 6 December 2011.

Civil society in the OSCE Mediterranean Partner States could benefit from greater OSCE engagement in strengthening capacity at a time of rapid change and transition in the Middle East and North Africa, participants said at the end of a two-day conference in Vilnius on 5 December 2011...

The parliamentary elections held on 4 December in Croatia took place in a pluralistic environment and were administered in a professional and transparent manner, but further steps should be taken to improve the process, the OSCE/ODIHR limited election observation mission concluded in a preliminary report...

MOSCOW, 5 December 2011 – Despite the lack of a level playing field during the Russian State Duma elections, voters took advantage of their right to express their choice, the international observers concluded in a statement issued today...

VILNIUS, 4 December 2011 – Encouraging international co-operation between civil society groups from OSCE participating States and Mediterranean Partners at a time of rapid change and transition in the Middle East and North Africa was highlighted at the start of a two-day conference in Vilnius today...

Measures to further increase the accuracy of voter lists was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized by the Central Election Commission of Georgia, in co-operation with ODIHR and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) on 22 November in Tbilisi...