North Macedonia’s OSCE Chairmanship to focus on the people
VIENNA/SKOPJE — North Macedonia took over the one-year OSCE Chairmanship on 1 January 2023, with its Foreign Minister and new OSCE Chairman-in-Office Bujar Osmani stating...
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Edi Rama declares victory in Albanian elections, 92% polling stations counted
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TIRANA – Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama has invited the members and supporters of his Socialist Party to a victory rally, as the vote...
SafeJournalists Network asks OSCE, EC and CoE to act regarding use of excessive force against journalists in Albania
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WESTERN BALKANS – SafeJournalists Network sent a letter to the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media...
OSCE: Ruling party benefited from an uneven playing field in Montenegro
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PODGORICA – While Montenegro’s parliamentary elections were managed transparently and efficiently, the widespread abuse of office and state resources gave the ruling party an undue...
Edi Rama, as OSCE Chairman, offers to mediate the conflict in Belarus
by EWB
VIENNA / TIRANA – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which is currently chaired by Albania, stands ready to support the dialogue and...
Borrell and Várhelyi: We expect all actors to address long-standing electoral shortcomings
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BRUSSELS – High Representative of the Union Josep Borrell and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi released a statement on the yesterday’s elections...
CSOs and media associations condemn detainment of KoSSev portal editor Tatjana Lazarević
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KOSOVSKA MITROVICA – A group of civil society organizations strongly condemned the detainment of Tatjana Lazarević, editor of the north Kosovo-based KoSSev portal, for allegedly...
First regional OSCE-EU coordination meeting takes place in Pristina
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PRISTINA – Regional developments and potential for expanding EU-OSCE partnership is in the focus of today’s first meeting of the Heads of the two organisations...
EU calls for peace and transparency in Kosovo as election campaign officially starts
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PRISTINA – The nine-day election campaign for Kosovo early election started today and will conclude on Friday, 4 October. Heads of the EU Missions in...
Parties in Albania draw different conclusions from OSCE’s report on local elections
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TIRANA – Following the publishing of OSCE’s report on local elections on held on 30 June, ruling and opposition parties have come out with different...