News and press releases

The general elections in the United States on 6 November 2012 took place in a competitive environment and were administered professionally but further steps should be taken to bring the electoral process closer in line with OSCE commitments, concludes the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...

YEREVAN, 13 February 2013 – Staff from the Armenian Human Rights Defender’s Office and experts from its Rapid Reaction Groups today received training on electoral rights in preparation for the 18 February presidential elections...

TIRANA, 13 February 2013- OSCE Head of Presence in Albania Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth has called on the Central Election Commission to meet their responsibilities in the run up to the 23 June general elections...

YEREVAN, 11 February 2013 – A nation-wide training programme for precinct election commissioners that is being conducted with OSCE and EU support ahead of the upcoming presidential election was presented today in Yerevan...

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the final report of the Limited Election Observation Mission for Montenegro’s early parliamentary elections last year during a visit to Podgorica which concluded on 8 February 2013...

TIRANA, 5 February 2013 – Representatives of the international community in Tirana met today under the auspices of the OSCE Presence in Albania to exchange information and co-ordinate positions in view of the forthcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for 23 June...

An OSCE-supported project to allow web-streaming of sessions of the Armenian Central Electoral Commission (CEC) was publicly presented to the media and the international community in Yerevan on 5 February 2013...