News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson pledges continued co-operation with Parliamentary Assembly, support for election observation
Publishing date: 30 August 2013
On 30 August 2013 the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara had a telephone conversation with President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ranko Krivokapic. Leonid Kozhara reiterated a great importance that the Ukrainian OSCE Chairmanship attaches to the activities of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and stressed the readiness to continue close co-operation with this institution...
OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission for presidential election in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 29 August 2013
BAKU, 29 August 2013 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission to monitor the 9 October presidential election in Azerbaijan...
OSCE Office in Baku holds sessions on non-interference in election processes
Publishing date: 23 August 2013
BAKU, 23 August 2013 – The OSCE Office in Baku, in co-operation with the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan and the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan, held today in Baku the first in a series of sessions on the importance of non-interference in election processes in the run-up to the Presidential elections on 9 October 2013...
OSCE/ODIHR report on Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections recommends measures to strengthen public confidence in electoral process and improve media coverage
Publishing date: 25 July 2013
The early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria on 12 May 2013 were held in a competitive environment, but further efforts are needed to strengthen public confidence in the process and ensure balanced media coverage, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights concludes in its final report on the vote...
ODIHR Director presents recommendations on 2012 US elections to state and civil society representatives
Publishing date: 19 July 2013
Recommendations from the final report on last year’s general elections in the United States were presented by a team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at the Carter Center in Atlanta and the summer conference of the National Association of Secretaries of State in Anchorage between 17 and 19 July 2013...
Online training system for election commissioners in Ukraine developed with OSCE support
Publishing date: 17 July 2013
KYIV, 17 July 2013- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, in co-operation with the Central Election Commission (CEC), presented a recently developed online training system for election commissioners at an event in Kyiv today...
Parliamentary by-elections in Georgia on 27 April competitive, says OSCE/ODIHR in final report, recommends improvements to legal framework
Publishing date: 9 July 2013
The parliamentary by-elections held in Georgia on 27 April 2013 were competitive and candidates were able to campaign freely, but aspects of the legal framework could benefit from further review, concludes the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) released on 9 July 2013...