News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Serbian presidential election open and highly competitive, institutions need to be more responsive
Publishing date: 21 May 2012
BELGRADE, 21 May 2012 – The second round of Serbia’s early presidential elections on 20 May 2012 maintained the open, highly competitive character of the first round, but provided further indications that efforts are needed to enhance the integrity of the electoral process, international observers said in a statement today...
OSCE welcomes peaceful voting in Kosovo for Serbian election
Publishing date: 21 May 2012
DUBLIN / VIENNA, 21 May 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, today welcomed the peaceful and orderly voting in Kosovo for the second round of the Serbian presidential election of 20 May...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo reports orderly completion of voting
Publishing date: 20 May 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 20 May 2012 – All OSCE-run polling stations in Kosovo closed today after the orderly completion of voting, according to the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer. The reported provisional turnout was 23.58 per cent...
OSCE Mission releases first turnout figures in second round of balloting facilitation in Kosovo
Publishing date: 20 May 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 20 May 2012 – Voter turnout in the second round of the balloting facilitation in Kosovo was reported at approximately 11 per cent by 14:00 hrs today by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...
All polling stations open in OSCE-run balloting facilitation in Kosovo
Publishing date: 20 May 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 20 May 2012 – All 90 polling stations in the OSCE-run balloting facilitation in Kosovo were open today by 07.15 hrs...
OSCE/ODIHR presents electoral recommendations in Finland
Publishing date: 16 May 2012
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented, from 14 to 16 May 2012 in Helsinki, the final report of the Election Assessment Mission to the 17 April 2011 parliamentary elections in Finland...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on Russia’s presidential election recommends measures to promote fairness and equality in electoral process
Publishing date: 11 May 2012
The final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on Russia’s presidential election on 4 March 2012 concludes that the contest was clearly skewed in favour of one of the contestants and recommends measures to ensure a more balanced process...