News and press releases

CHISINAU, 6 June 2011 – Moldova’s local elections largely met OSCE and Council of Europe election-related commitments, in conditions conducive to a competitive campaign and offering voters a genuine choice, international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Council of Europe's Congress of Local and Regional Authorities concluded in a statement issued today...

SKOPJE, 6 June 2011 – Yesterday’s early parliamentary elections were competitive, transparent and well-administered throughout the country, but certain aspects such as the blurring of the line between state and party require further attention, the international observers concluded in Skopje today...

TIRANA, 5 June 2011- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, the Ambassador of the United States of America Alexander Arvizu, and the Head of the European Union Delegation Ambassador Ettore Sequi jointly stated today:

SKOPJE, 3 June 2011 – The international observers monitoring the early parliamentary elections will present their preliminary statement at a news conference on Monday, 6 June, in Skopje...

ANKARA, 24 May 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened a mission to assess the 12 June parliamentary elections in Turkey...

According to the final assessment report published by ODIHR on 16 May, Estonia’s 6 March parliamentary elections were “conducted in an environment characterized by respect for fundamental rights and freedoms and a high degree of trust in the impartiality of the election administration...

A donor co-ordination meeting on electoral assistance chaired by the OSCE Centre with the participation of the EU and the UN offices in Kyrgyzstan took place at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek on 17 May...