News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR to help modernize civil registry and address system in Albania
Publishing date: 8 September 2006
TIRANA/WARSAW, 8 September 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will provide expertise to Albania's General Directorate of Civil Status to help modernize the country's civil registration and address systems...
OSCE Presence welcomes agreement between Albanian political parties
Publishing date: 31 August 2006
TIRANA, 31 August 2006- The OSCE Presence in Albania today welcomed agreement between Albanian ruling and opposition parties on electoral and media issues and noted that the move was a positive reflection...
OSCE Presence supports preparation of Tirana value map for restitution and compensation of property
Publishing date: 13 June 2006
TIRANA, 13 June 2006- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian State Committee on Property Restitution and Compensation today signed an agreement that provides for the preparation of a property value map for the region of Tirana in four months...
OSCE Presence and Albanian Interior Ministry to hold roundtable discussion on voter lists
Publishing date: 23 May 2006
TIRANA, 23 May 2006- The legal and sub-legal framework for the preparations of voter lists ahead of the forthcoming local government elections will be the focus of a roundtable discussion tomorrow, jointly organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania...
OSCE Chairman raises rule of law, democratic institutions and economic development with Albanian authorities; urges resumed work on electoral reform
Publishing date: 26 April 2006
TIRANA, 26 April 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, held talks in Tirana with President Alfred Moisiu, Prime Minister Sali Berisha and Foreign Minister Besnik Mustafaj. The OSCE Chairman called on Albanian...
OSCE Presence in Albania supports parliamentary co-operation in fight against organized crime
Publishing date: 12 April 2006
TIRANA, 12 April 2006- Promoting regional co-operation among South-East European parliamentarians in the fight against organized crime was the focus of a two-day workshop that ended today in Tirana...
OSCE Presence welcomes solution to Albanian Assembly's impasse
Publishing date: 10 April 2006
TIRANA, 10 April 2006- The OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes the way out found by the Council on Regulation, Mandates and Immunities of the Assembly of Albania to the issue of secret voting which has been one of the causes of the parliamentary impasse...