News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Serbia's hard-fought and generally well-organized parliamentary elections gave voters a free choice
Publishing date: 12 May 2008
BELGRADE, 12 May 2008- The vigorously contested early parliamentary elections in Serbia were conducted in an overall professional manner, allowing the country's voters to choose freely among a wide range of...
OSCE, Council of Europe, European Commission present assistance plans for Azerbaijan election
Publishing date: 30 April 2008
BAKU, 30 April 2008- Representatives of the Council of Europe, the European Commission and the OSCE presented plans today for assisting the Republic of Azerbaijan in preparing for the 15 October presidential election...
ODIHR deploys election observation mission to former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 30 April 2008
WARSAW/SKOPJE, 30 April 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is deploying an election observation mission for the 1 June pre-term parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...
OSCE Presence welcomes progress made on Albanian electoral system
Publishing date: 22 April 2008
TIRANA, 22 April 2008- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Robert Bosch, welcomed today the adoption of constitutional changes to the electoral system in Albania...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo emphasizes need for transparency in election campaigns
Publishing date: 21 April 2008
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 21 April 2008- The OSCE Mission called today on political entities to be more transparent with their funds...
OSCE/ODIHR deploys mission to observe parliamentary elections in Georgia
Publishing date: 10 April 2008
WARSAW/TBILISI, 10 April 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights opened an election observation mission today to monitor the Georgian parliamentary elections scheduled for 21 May 2008...
Nearly all aspects of Montenegro's presidential election in line with international standards, observers say
Publishing date: 7 April 2008
PODGORICA, 7 April 2008- Nearly all aspects of Montenegro's first post-independence presidential poll were in line with international standards for democratic elections, observers concluded in a joint statement issued today...