News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR to observe local elections in Albania
Publishing date: 8 February 2011
ODIHR conducted a needs assessment mission to Albania on 17-21 January in order to assess the pre-election environment and preparations for the local elections scheduled for 8 May...
Head of OSCE Presence in Albania calls on political parties to respect Electoral Code and to nominate election commissioners
Publishing date: 8 February 2011
TIRANA, 8 February 2011- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, urged Albanian political parties today to urgently deliver the required nominations for members of the Electoral Administration Zone Commissions to the Central Elections Commission (CEC) in order to properly prepare for local government elections...
Need for multidimensional approach to sustainable energy focus of OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 7 February 2011
VIENNA, 7 February 2011 – Sustainable energy, energy security and OSCE support are being discussed at the first preparatory meeting of this year’s Economic and Environmental Forum, which started in Vienna today...
OSCE Office promotes effective state regulatory system in Armenia
Publishing date: 4 February 2011
YEREVAN, 4 February 2011 – The OSCE Office in Yerevan today presented key findings of an OSCE-supported assessment of Armenia’s business environment that aims to support work to improve Armenia's regulatory policy...
Ninth IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 4 February 2011
ERGNETI, 4 February 2011- The Ninth Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting covering the South Ossetian theatre took place in Ergneti on Friday, 4 February. The meeting was facilitated by the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) and the OSCE...
OSCE Chairperson meets Russian human rights officials, civil society and think tanks, stresses need to improve implementation of human dimension commitments
Publishing date: 3 February 2011
MOSCOW, 3 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, stressed the need to improve the implementation of human rights commitments during meetings today in Moscow with the Chairperson of the Human Rights Council of the Russian Federation, as well as with representatives of think tanks and civil society...
OSCE Special Representative calls for strengthening co-operation between EU and OSCE in anti-trafficking action
Publishing date: 3 February 2011
BRUSSELS, 3 February 2011- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, emphasized the need for enhanced co-operation with the European Commission to advance anti-trafficking action in a meeting with European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström in Brussels today...