News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to assess federal elections in Switzerland
Publishing date: 10 October 2011
BERN, 10 October 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election assessment mission for the federal elections to be held in Switzerland on 23 October...
OSCE Centre hosts donor co-ordination meeting on assistance to Kyrgyzstan ahead of elections
Publishing date: 7 October 2011
On 7 October 2011 the OSCE Centre in Bishkek hosted a meeting on co-ordinating donor electoral assistance ahead of Kyrgyzstan's presidential election scheduled for 30 October...
Election observation must be impartial and non-politicized to be credible, ODIHR Director says at high-level discussion
Publishing date: 5 October 2011
For international election observation to be credible and effective, it must be impartial and non-politicized, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said at a high-level panel discussion...
OSCE/ODIHR begins observation of presidential and municipal elections in Bulgaria
Publishing date: 28 September 2011
SOFIA, 28 September 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened a limited observation mission to monitor the 23 October presidential and municipal elections in Bulgaria...
OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to assess parliamentary elections in Poland
Publishing date: 27 September 2011
WARSAW, 27 September 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election assessment mission for the parliamentary elections to be held in Poland on 9 October...
Kyrgyzstan presidential candidates sign OSCE-supported election code of conduct
Publishing date: 26 September 2011
BISHKEK, 26 September 2011 – Eight presidential candidates in Kyrgyzstan today signed a Code of Conduct for Elections that was developed with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Office trains election observers in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 19 September 2011
DUSHANBE, 19 September 2011- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan is training 30 short-term election observers from throughout Tajikistan in a two-day course that started in Dushanbe today...