News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR final report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s presidential and early parliamentary elections notes respect for fundamental freedoms, points to inadequate separation between party and state activities
Publishing date: 16 July 2014
Greater efforts to ensure a separation between party and state activities, as well as to investigate allegations of intimidation were among the recommendations contained in the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the presidential and early parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Recommendations from final report on presidential election in Ukraine focus of discussions at OSCE / ODIHR event in Kyiv
Publishing date: 15 July 2014
KYIV, 15 July 2014 – Electoral reform in Ukraine and follow-up to recommendations made in the final report of the election observation mission sent by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) for the 2014 early presidential election were the focus of a roundtable event in Kyiv today...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for presidential election in Turkey
Publishing date: 9 July 2014
ANKARA, 9 July 2014 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened a limited election observation mission (LEOM) for the 10 August presidential election in Turkey. The mission’s deployment follows an invitation from the Turkish authorities...
OSCE Presence in Albania, ODIHR train foreign ministry staff, election commission members and civil society on short-term election observation
Publishing date: 4 July 2014
Staff from the Albanian Foreign Ministry, Central Election Commission and civil society on 4 July 2014 completed a three-day training course in Tirana on short-term election observation. The course was jointly organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
Acting Head of OSCE Mission to BiH hopeful elections in Mostar can still happen in 2014, encourages authorities to end deadlock
Publishing date: 3 July 2014
SARAJEVO, 3 July 2014 – The Acting Head of OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Nina Suomalainen today expressed her support for all the efforts aimed at enabling elections in the city of Mostar to be held in parallel with the general elections due in October 2014...
Michael Georg Link takes up post as new ODIHR director
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
WARSAW, 2 July 2014 – Michael Georg Link of Germany assumed his new duties on Tuesday as director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office expresses gratitude to outgoing ODIHR Director Lenarčič
Publishing date: 30 June 2014
BERN, 30 June 2014- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, today expressed his gratitude to Ambassador Janez Lenarčič of Slovenia, the outgoing Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), for his work over the last six years...