News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Kosovo Mission to transfer election operations to local body
Publishing date: 8 August 2003
PRISTINA, 8 August 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) will begin to transfer some of its operational responsibilities for elections to a permanent Secretariat of the Central Election Commission (CEC), while maintaining an advisory role within...
OSCE Mission calls for amendments to Georgian election code to enhance credibility of parliamentary election
Publishing date: 4 August 2003
TBILISI, 4 August 2003- The OSCE Mission to Georgia expresses its concern that deadlines set through broad agreement of Georgian political parties in early July for the adoption of amendments to the Unified Election Code have not yet been met. The...
Serious efforts needed to restore public confidence, says ODIHR report on Armenian parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 1 August 2003
WARSAW, 1 August 2003- Serious efforts must be made to improve the legal framework and conduct of elections in Armenia if public confidence in the electoral process there is to be restored, says the final report on the 25 May parliamentary elections...
OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes Assembly vote on election commission
Publishing date: 1 August 2003
TIRANA, 1 August 2003- The OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes the vote taken in yesterday's extraordinary session of the Assembly, which elected Mr Dode Prenga as a new member of the Central Election Commission (CEC). After the vote, the Head of...
OSCE chiefs urge Armenian authorities and political parties to start credible process of electoral reform
Publishing date: 22 July 2003
YEREVAN, 22 July 2003- Two leading OSCE representatives today expressed disappointment at the conduct of recent elections in Armenia and called for a credible process of electoral reform to improve future votes...
OSCE Office underlines media freedom on Azeri National Press Day
Publishing date: 22 July 2003
BAKU, 22 July 2003- Congratulating the Azeri media on the occasion of National Press Day, the Head of the OSCE Office in Baku underlined the importance of free media for Azerbaijan's democracy. "This event should remind us of the significance of...
OSCE/ODIHR stresses that progress on electoral reform in Albania must lead to improved local elections
Publishing date: 14 July 2003
TIRANA, 14 July 2003- On his first visit to Albania as Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Christian Strohal welcomed the agreement reached by the bi-partisan committee on reforms to...