Live stream of the international election observers' press conference at 14:30 Eastern European Time (UTC+2).

CHISINAU, 23 February 2019 – The international observers for the parliamentary elections in Moldova will present their preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Monday, 25 February, in Chisinau.

The mission is a joint undertaking of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the European Parliament (EP).

The statement will be delivered by George Tsereteli, Special Co-ordinator and leader of the short-term OSCE observer mission, followed by Claude Kern, Head of the PACE delegation, Kari Henriksen, Head of the OSCE PA delegation, Rebecca Harms, Head of the EP delegation, and Matyas Eörsi, Head of the ODIHR election observation mission.

The international election observation mission comprises some 340 observers from 38 countries, including 259 long-term and short-term observers deployed by ODIHR, 42 parliamentarians and staff from the OSCE PA, 25 from PACE and 11 from the EP.

Journalists are invited to attend the press conference on Monday, 25 February, at 14:30 in the Raut Ballroom of the Radisson Blu Leogrand Hotel, str. Mitropolit Varlaam 77, Chisinau.

The press conference will be live streamed at: www.osce.org/odihr/elections/moldova/389342 and www.oscepa.org 

For further information, contact:

Thomas Rymer, ODIHR, +373 68 012 098 or +48 609 522 266, [email protected] 

Nat Parry, OSCE PA, +373 69 042 291 or +45 60 10 81 77, [email protected] 

Chemavon Chahbazian, PACE, +373 69 189 927, [email protected] 

Tim Boden, EP, +373 60 370 226 or +324 98 983 324, [email protected]