News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE roundtable meeting focuses on electoral reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 September 2011
ASTANA, 9 September 2011 – Electoral reform and OSCE commitments for democratic elections were the topics of a roundtable meeting organized today in Astana by the OSCE Centre in Astana, together with Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry and the Central Election Commission...
OSCE Centre supports training of domestic election observers in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 8 September 2011
BISHKEK, 8 September 2011 – A two-day course for long-term domestic election observers started today in Bishkek. The courses are organized jointly by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) and the non-governmental organization Taza Shailoo (Fair Elections)...
ODIHR publishes final report on parliamentary elections in Cyprus
Publishing date: 8 September 2011
The May 22 parliamentary elections in Cyprus were competitive, transparent and conducted in an environment characterized by respect for fundamental human rights and freedoms, the final report released by ODIHR on 7 September concludes...
ODIHR hosts seminar on increasing the accuracy of voter registers
Publishing date: 31 August 2011
Harmonizing population and voter-registration systems in OSCE participating States, including efficient data-sharing mechanisms in compiling accurate voter lists, is being discussed at a seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw...
OSCE/ODIHR opens limited observation mission for Latvian early parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 26 August 2011
RIGA, 26 August 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights today opened a limited election observation mission to monitor the 17 September early parliamentary elections in Latvia...
OSCE Centre supports political dialogue ahead of Kyrgyzstan's presidential election
Publishing date: 16 August 2011
BISHKEK, 16 August 2011 – The Chief of Kyrgyzstan’s Presidential Administration, Parliamentarians, senior government officials, political party leaders, experts, representatives of the civil society and international organizations met today in Bishkek to discuss ways to ensure fair, transparent and safe conduct of the Presidential election scheduled for 30 October 2011...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro regrets non-adoption of amendments to Election Law
Publishing date: 1 August 2011
PODGORICA, 1 August 2011 – The Acting Head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Waldemar Figaj, said today he regretted that the amendments to the Law on Election were again not adopted within the deadline of 31 July...