Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

Presidential hopeful Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu has raised concerns over the transparency of the upcoming elections, as he has said some additional 18 million ballot papers were printed.

He based his claims on the figure presented by a recent study by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) group.

Irregularities and controversies that forced authorities to cancel some of the March 30 local election results in Turkey have moved Europe’s security body to announce that a mission will observe Turkey’s upcoming first direct presidential election.

As the country gears up for the start of two election campaigns later this month, for both general and presidential elections, Macedonia's institutions say they are ready for the nationwide operation.

BELGRADE - The Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) is the only domestic organization that requested and got accreditation from the national electoral commission (RIK) for monitoring early parliamentary elections, while foreign observers showed greater interest in that.

BELGRADE - The deadline for international observers applying to monitor the upcoming early parliamentary elections in Serbia expires on Thursday, while domestic observes have four more days to submit their applications to the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK).

COPENHAGEN - Parliamentarians of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will arrive in Serbia next week to take part in an observation mission to the parliamentary elections on March 16.

BELGRADE - Citizens will cast their ballot at 8,262 polling stations, including those in penal institutions, in the territory of Serbia during early parliamentary elections that will be held on March 16, the state electoral commission (RIK) decided on Tuesday.

Polling stations in Kosovo-Metohija and the ones abroad have not been included in this number.