News and press releases

ULAANBAATAR, 27 June 2014 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek funded a study visit to the Mongolian capital on 24 to 27 June 2014 of fifteen representatives from Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament, the Central Election Commission, the State Registration Service, the President’s Office, the Foreign Ministry and other key state agencies to familiarize participants with the population registration system and use of biometric data in Mongolia...

VIENNA, 10 June 2014 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier congratulated the Mission in Kosovo on a successful support operation to the early Assembly elections in northern Kosovo on 8 June...

MITROVICË / MITROVICA, 9 June 2014 – The OSCE Kosovo Mission has successfully completed its operation in support of early Assembly elections in northern Kosovo held today...

A team of elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) held a series of meetings this week in Ashgabat with authorities in Turkmenistan to discuss the ODIHR Election Assessment Mission’s final report on the 15 December 2013 parliamentary elections.

BERN, 26 May 2014 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, rates the early presidential elections in Ukraine of May 25 as an important milestone in the process of de-escalation of the crisis. He thanked the election observation mission of the OSCE Office Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) to Ukraine and the observation delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly for their invaluable work...

KYIV, 26 May 2014 – The 25 May early presidential election in Ukraine was characterized by high turnout and a clear resolve by the authorities to hold what was a genuine election largely in line with international commitments and that respected fundamental freedoms, despite the hostile security environment in two eastern regions of the country, international observers concluded in a preliminary statement released today. While the election administration ran the process impartially and transparently on the whole, some decisions taken may have been beyond its authority...

KYIV, 23 May 2014 – Joao Soares (MP, Portugal), the Special Co-ordinator of the OSCE's short-term observation mission for Ukraine's presidential election, has arrived in Kyiv alongside fellow parliamentarians ahead of the 25 May vote...