News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission for early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria
Publishing date: 16 April 2013
SOFIA, 16 April 2013 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission to monitor the 12 May early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria...
Second round of municipal elections well administered and highly competitive, but lack of level playing field persists, observers say
Publishing date: 8 April 2013
SKOPJE, 8 April 2013 – As in the first round of voting, the second round of municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was highly competitive and well administered, but partisan media coverage and a blurring of state and party activities led, again, to the lack of a level playing field, international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) concluded in a statement issued today...
Montenegro election professionally and efficiently administered, but allegations of misuse of state resources persist, observers say
Publishing date: 8 April 2013
PODGORICA, 8 April 2013 – Montenegro’s presidential election on 7 April was professionally and efficiently administered, but allegations of the misuse of state resources and a blurring of the line between state activities and candidate campaigning continued to be at odds with OSCE commitments and Council of Europe standards, international observers said in a statement issued today...
OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission in Skopje to hold press conference on Monday
Publishing date: 5 April 2013
SKOPJE, 5 April 2013 – The Election Observation Mission from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) monitoring the municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will present its preliminary statement for the second round of the elections at a news conference on Monday, 8 April, in Skopje...
OSCE helps develop election training system in Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 April 2013
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) together with the country’s Central Election Commission (CEC) organized in Kyiv on 2 April 2013 a conference to discuss the development of a training system for election commission members...
Municipal elections efficiently administered and highly competitive, but playing field not always level, observers say
Publishing date: 25 March 2013
SKOPJE, 25 March 2013 – The municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia were highly competitive and efficiently administered, but partisan media coverage and a blurring of state and party activities did not always provide a level playing field, international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Council of Europe's Congress of Local and Regional Authorities concluded in a statement issued today...
OSCE/ODIHR supports dialogue on political party funding and women’s participation in Georgia
Publishing date: 13 March 2013
Representatives from government agencies, political parties, civil society and international organizations highlighted measures to enhance the transparency of political party funding and increase women’s political participation in Georgia, at a roundtable meeting co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Tbilisi on 12 and 13 March 2013...