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OSCE Chairmanship holds seminar on elections, OSCE (2008)

Representatives of OSCE participating States gathered at a seminar in Vienna today to discuss the Organization's role in assisting the development of electoral processes, including through election observation.

Janez Lenarcic takes up job as new ODIHR director, OSCE-ODIHR (2008)

Ambassador Janez Lenarcic of Slovenia today assumed his new function as director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).

Re-runs held free of violence, but overall process falls short of some key commitments, say observers in Skopje, OSCE-ODIHR (2008)

Re-runs held free of violence, but overall process falls short of some key commitments, say observers in Skopje

In Macedonia, outgoing Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski's party wins the general elections that were spoiled by serious incidents, Foundation Robert Schuman (2008)

Analysis on early parliamentary elections in Macedonia.

'Irregularities' in Macedonia Poll Campaign, Balkaninsight (2008)

n an interim report on the campaign for Macedonia's June 1 parliamentary election OSCE monitors have pointed to a series of irregularities.

Violence in parts of the country tarnishes parliamentary elections, observers in Skopje say, OSCE-ODIHR (2008)

An OSCE-ODIHR article about the parliamentary elections in Macedonia: Violence in parts of the country tarnishes parliamentary elections, observers in Skopje say

Romania local elections campaign brings about innovative vote-grabbing techniques, Hot News.ro (2008)

Two weeks after the electoral campaign officially started for Romanian local elections due on June 1, candidates were using every method they could think of to attract votes.

Serbia's pro-Europe forces claim election win, EUobserver.com (2008)

An article about the Serbian parliamentary elections where the pro-Western alliance led by President Boris Tadic won.

BiH parliament approves new voting procedures for Srebrenica, SET (2008)

This article is about a new amendment to the country's election law. People who lived in Srebrenica until the 1992-1995 conflict but now reside elsewhere will be able to participate in the municipality's local elections later this year.

Analysis of Serbia General Elections by the Robert Schuman Foundation (2008)

It is an analysis of the General Elections to be taken place in Serbia on May 11.

Progress made on Albanian electoral system, OSCE (2008)

OSCE article about the adoption of constitutional changes to the electoral system in Albania.

Medvedev 'to continue Putin work'

Dmitry Medvedev has vowed to continue the course of predecessor Vladimir Putin after winning a landslide victory in Russia's presidential election. With nearly 100% of the ballots counted, the election commission has announced he won 70.23% of the vote.

Armenian presidential election mostly in line with international commitments, but further improvements necessary, OSCE (2008)

This press release informs you about preliminary findings of the OSCE ODIHR Election Observation Mission to Armenia.

Chairman expresses disappointment over non-observation of Russian presidential election by OSCE, OSCE (2008)

This press release informs about that discussions concerning the deployment of an ODIHR election observation mission between the ODIHR and the Russian Federation did not lead to a positive result.

Serbia presidential election, BBC (2008)

A summary of Serbian presidential elections by BBC.

Radical candidate wins first round of Serbian elections, EUObserver (2008)

The candidate of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) won the first round in the country's presidential elections held on Sunday.

Georgian president 're-elected', BBC (2008)

Preliminary official results suggest Mikhail Saakashvili has been re-elected president of Georgia after a snap poll, .

MEPs to fight low turnout in European elections, EUobserver (2007)

MEPs approved a new set of rules they hope will spur citizens to vote in the five-yearly European elections, a pan-European event that has regularly seen turnout fall below 30 percent in the individual member states.

Whopping victory for Putin`s party, Russia Today (2007)

This article tells preliminary results of the voting, reaction of political parties and international observers.

The Russian delegation says the OSCE ODIHR monitoring system is not transparent (2007)

 

Poland’s Ruling PiS Stays in the Lead

Angus Reid Global Monitor - Poland’s governing Law and Justice Party (PiS) has widened its lead over all other parties in the country, according to a poll by PGB.

Analysis on Croatia : General Elections of 25th November 2007 (2007)

Croatia : General Elections of 25th November 2007 - Analysis by The Robert Schuman Foundation

ODIHR unable to observe Russian Duma elections (2007)

 

ANALYSIS: Can Europe agree on Europe? (2007)

An article about the timing of the Polish election - October 21

Putin party secures huge victory, BBC (2007)

In this article you can read some comments on the preliminary results of the voting and you can find also links to further articles on the subject.

Analysis on General and Senatorial Elections in Poland, 21st October 2007 (2007)

Analysis on General and Senatorial Elections in Poland, 21st October 2007

"Virtual politics" in the ex-Soviet bloc (2007)

This article examines three key changes in the ex-Soviet bloc: Ukraine's "orange revolution" of 2004-05; the development of so-called "counter-revolutionary technology; and the developments in Russia.

Tigran Torosyan elected as Armenian parliamentary speaker

Article form REGNUM New Agency