News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje donation helps Broadcasting Council monitor media's election coverage
Publishing date: 25 November 2008
SKOPJE, 29 November 2008- The Broadcasting Council now is better equipped to monitor election campaigns to improve the enforcement of broadcasting legislation, thanks to a donation from the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje...
OSCE/ODIHR to send expert team to Turkmenistan ahead of parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 19 November 2008
WARSAW, 19 November 2008- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) announced today it will send an Election Support Team to Turkmenistan ahead of the 14 December parliamentary elections...
Head of OSCE Presence in Albania calls on all political actors to now focus on implementation of Electoral Code
Publishing date: 19 November 2008
TIRANA, 19 November 2008- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania said today that now that the Electoral Code has been approved with an overwhelming majority, the time has come to concentrate on the practical implementation of the Code...
US elections showed all fundamentals of a democratic vote, but electoral reform efforts should continue
Publishing date: 5 November 2008
WASHINGTON, 5 November 2008- Yesterday's elections in the United States demonstrated the essential principles of a pluralistic democracy characterized by transparency and the respect for fundamental freedoms and the rule of law, but efforts....
Azerbaijan's presidential poll marked considerable progress, but did not meet all election commitments
Publishing date: 16 October 2008
BAKU, 16 October 2008- Yesterday's presidential election in Azerbaijan marked considerable progress, but did not meet all of the country's international commitments, observers from the OSCE, PACE the European Parliament concluded today...
OSCE hosts discussion in Uzbekistan on elections and the political culture of electorate
Publishing date: 16 October 2008
TASHKENT, 16 October 2008- Increasing the political culture of the electorate and perspectives for new democracies were among the topics discussed at a meeting in Tashkent today...
OSCE PA preparations for US election well under way
Publishing date: 13 October 2008
COPENHAGEN, 13 October 2008- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President Pia Christmas-Moeller (Denmark) today starts a pre-election visit to the United States in preparation for the Assembly's election observation mission for the U.S. election...