News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE election analysts to follow US mid-term elections
Publishing date: 24 October 2006
WASHINGTON, 24 October 2006- The OSCE's election observation body, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, has deployed an Election Assessment Mission for the 7 November mid-term congressional elections in the United States...
OSCE election observation body begins assessment of presidential elections in Bulgaria
Publishing date: 16 October 2006
WARSAW, 16 October 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights today began an election assessment mission for the 22 October presidential elections in Bulgaria at the invitation of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry...
OSCE's human rights and democratization body deploys observation mission for Tajik presidential election
Publishing date: 9 October 2006
DUSHANBE/WARSAW, 9 October 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened a long-term Election Observation Mission in Tajikistan ahead of the 6 November presidential election...
OSCE Mission welcomes deployment of domestic observers at constitutional referendum
Publishing date: 9 October 2006
BELGRADE, 9 October 2006- The OSCE Mission to Serbia welcomes the decision of the Republican Electoral Commission to enable domestic observation of the referendum on the new Serbian Constitution scheduled for 28 and 29 October....
Latvian election transparent and professional but issue of "non-citizens" remains
Publishing date: 8 October 2006
RIGA, 8 October 2006- The parliamentary elections in Latvia were administered transparently and professionally, the campaign took place in a competitive, pluralistic environment, but little action was taken regarding issues relating to "non-citizens"...
OSCE/ODIHR to follow electronic voting in Belgium
Publishing date: 5 October 2006
WARSAW, 5 October 2006- In response to an invitation from the Belgian Government to observe the local elections scheduled for 8 October, the OSCE/ODIHR is undertaking an expert study visit from 4 to 9 October...
International observers for municipal elections to hold press conference in Tbilisi on Friday
Publishing date: 5 October 2006
TBILISI, 5 October 2006- International observers for the 5 October municipal elections in Georgia will hold a press conference in Tbilisi tomorrow. Ambassador Geert Ahrens...