News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence provides Albania’s electoral body with computers ahead of local government elections
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
The OSCE Presence in Albania provided 35 computers to the Central Election Commission (CEC) on 30 March 2011. The computers will be used in the preparation and administration of the 8 May local government elections...
OSCE, U.S. and EU urge Albanian authorities to investigate removal of Roma families, provide social assistance to displaced
Publishing date: 16 March 2011
TIRANA, 16 March 2011 – Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Alexander Arvizu, the U.S. Ambassador to Albania, Ambassador Ettore Sequi, the Head of the EU Delegation to Albania, made the following statement today concerning recent incidents involving Roma families...
OSCE-supported women's network in Albania seeks presidential support for electoral gender balance
Publishing date: 9 March 2011
A group of 40 Albanian women participating in an OSCE Presence in Albania project on gender equality asked Albanian President Bamir Topi for support in ensuring women’s inclusion in electoral candidates’ lists for the upcoming local elections during a meeting on 8 March 2011 in Tirana...
OSCE Presence urges for more female candidates in upcoming local elections
Publishing date: 7 March 2011
TIRANA, 7 MARCH 2011- International Women’s Day on 8 March and upcoming local elections on 8 May provide an opportunity to underline our continued support of the promotion of gender equality, said the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth today...
OSCE Presence, Albanian NGO present reports on anti-trafficking
Publishing date: 4 March 2011
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the non-governmental organization the Albanian Centre for Legal Civil Initiatives presented on 3 March three reports related to the situation for victims of trafficking in Albania at an event organized in Tirana
Albanian state police to train colleagues in Afghanistan following course supported by U.S. training programme, OSCE Presence
Publishing date: 25 February 2011
TIRANA, 25 February 2011 – Albanian police instructors today completed an OSCE-supported course that will enable them to travel to Afghanistan this summer to train Afghan police in basic policing techniques...
Head of OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes Central Election Commission’s move to fill in vacancies in electoral commissions
Publishing date: 21 February 2011
TIRANA, 21 February 2011- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, today welcomed the decision of the Central Election Commission to announce vacancies in the Commissions of Electoral Administration Zones (CEAZs) in an effort to bring forward preparations for the 8 May local government elections...