Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

The snap parliamentary elections in Serbia offered people a genuine choice and respected fundamental freedoms, said international vote monitors from the OSCE.

PRISTINA - Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Jean-Claude Schlumberger said that the voting procedure in the early parliamentary elections in Kosovo-Metohija on Sunday was conducted in keeping with regulations and the data of the organisation show 34.42 percent of citizens with the right to vote cast their ballots in the course of the day.

PRISTINA - Spokesman of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Nikola Gaon said on Friday that ten polling centres and 15 branches would be opened in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) on Sunday where citizens would be able to use their voting rights.

556 local and 179 foreign observers monitor elections

BELGRADE -- The Center for Free Election and Democracy (CeSID) and the Novi Sad-based NGO COR are the only local organizations which will monitor parliamentary elections.

Over 7,000 changes since submission of electoral roll

BELGRADE -- The Ministry of Justice has made over 7,000 changes in the unified electoral roll in the period from its conclusion on February 28 at midnight to March 13.

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 – Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) Vuk Jeremic have exchanged opinions on the importance of preserving political and economic stability in the country and its role in the international community, especially when it comes to Serbia’s 2015 OSCE chairmanship-in-office.

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.