News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence and SEED organize seminars for youth in Albania
Publishing date: 3 December 2003
TIRANA, 3 December 2003- Seminars that will help develop entrepreneurial thinking, encourage further education and develop respect for legal business practices will be held in Albania in December. They are being organized by...
OSCE Presence to observe re-run of local government elections in Albania
Publishing date: 14 November 2003
TIRANA, 14 November 2003- The OSCE Presence in Albania will deploy a number of teams to observe the re-run of the October local government elections on 16 November...
OSCE Presence delivers draft property law to Albanian Assembly Speaker
Publishing date: 27 October 2003
TIRANA, 27 October 2003- The OSCE Presence in Albania delivered the final draft law on property to the Speaker of the Albanian Assembly, Servet Pellumbi, today...
Albanian poll shows progress but observers call for improvements before parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 14 October 2003
TIRANA, 14 October 2003- The local elections in Albania on 12 October built on improvements made in previous elections and showed further progress towards compliance with OSCE, Council of Europe, and other international standards, though a number...
OSCE/ODIHR starts observation of local government elections in Albania
Publishing date: 10 September 2003
TIRANA, 10 September 2003- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today established an Election Observation Mission to monitor the local government elections in Albania scheduled for 12 October...
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 Presence in Albania chairs property discussion
Publishing date: 24 July 2003
TIRANA, 24 July 2003- Issues related to property restitution and compensation should be dealt with in a fully democratic manner, said the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Osmo Lipponen, at a discussion he chaired today. Lipponen...