Tag: OSCE/ODIHR

The early parliamentary elections in North Macedonia were generally well run and candidates could campaign freely, but legal stability was undermined by significant revisions to the legal framework and subsequent government decrees, international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said in a statement today. "This is a very challenging time to be holding elections,...

The OSCE / ODIHR observation mission will cover the upcoming presidential elections with a total of 279 observers. The main team of 11 experts will be based in Skopje and 18 long-term observers who will be deployed in nine teams across the country from March 20, said the head of the observation mission, Corien Jonker at a news conference. ODIHR...

The State Election Commission will review the OSCE / ODIHR report on the local elections which were held on Sunday, October 15th, at a session and will then give their own opinion.   Ljupka Guguchevska, spokeswoman for the SEC, told "Meta" that the SEC's practice is to review all remarks and reports submitted in the local elections, and then come out with their...

This afternoon, the OSCE / ODIHR mission released their final report on the parliamentary elections held on December the 11th in Macedonia, which states that it is necessary to continue working on improving the legal framework, and also to take legal measures regarding the threats made against the ambassadors. "Although the parties were generally able to campaign freely, it was...

The OSCE / ODIHR Mission to Skopje’s final report on the parliamentary elections scheduled for December 11 stated that regardless of official election campaign which began on November 21 and should end 24 hours before election day, most political parties had began to mobilize their electorate before this period, by organizing events and implementing campaigns from their headquarters. The report...

The Mission Office for OSCE for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today officially began its observation mission for the parliamentary elections scheduled for December 11. The mission consists of a main team of 14 experts and 20 long-term observers which will be be organized throughout the country in teams of two, starting from November 9. ODIHR will ask the OSCE...

Spokeswoman of Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for accession negotiations, Maja Kocijanchik, today conveyed the renewed position of Hahn about the developments in Macedonia after the "Wiretapping" scandal. "We have already expressed our deep concern about what is disclosed in the country about interference in court cases, media freedom and, now, for electoral irregularities. We expect the institutions in the country...