Pia Christmas-Moeller, with OSCE PA Senior Counsellor Semyon Dzakhaev, examining a voters list. ANKARA, Turkey, 13 June 2011 – Turkey’s well-managed, democratic elections demonstrated pluralism but also showed a need for improvements on fundamental freedoms, according to international election observers from the Parliamentary Assemblies of the OSCE and Council of Europe. “To fully live up to its democratic commitments, Turkey must do more than

Pia Christmas-Moeller, with OSCE PA Senior Counsellor Semyon Dzakhaev, examining a voters list. ANKARA, Turkey, 13 June 2011 – Turkey’s well-managed, democratic elections demonstrated pluralism but also showed a need for improvements on fundamental freedoms, according to international election observers from the Parliamentary Assemblies of the OSCE and Council of Europe. “To fully live up to its democratic commitments, Turkey must do more than

SKOPJE, 6 June 2011 – Yesterday’s early parliamentary elections were competitive, transparent and well-administered throughout the country, but certain aspects such as the blurring of the line between state and party require further attention, the international observers concluded in Skopje today. On election day, voters were able to freely express their choice in a peaceful atmosphere, despite some irresponsible claims of irregularities by

SKOPJE, 6 June 2011 – Yesterday’s early parliamentary elections were competitive, transparent and well-administered throughout the country, but certain aspects such as the blurring of the line between state and party require further attention, the international observers concluded in Skopje today. On election day, voters were able to freely express their choice in a peaceful atmosphere, despite some irresponsible claims of irregularities by

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE 6 June 2011 Macedonia's ruling conservatives have won snap polls promising further economic and political reforms that would speed up Skopje's entry into the EU and NATO, preliminary results showed Monday. The VMRO-DPMNE-dominated coalition of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski won just over 39 percent of the vote while its main rival, the leftist SDSM grouping, took 33 percent, preliminary results issued by the state electoral

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE 6 June 2011 Macedonia's ruling conservatives have won snap polls promising further economic and political reforms that would speed up Skopje's entry into the EU and NATO, preliminary results showed Monday. The VMRO-DPMNE-dominated coalition of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski won just over 39 percent of the vote while its main rival, the leftist SDSM grouping, took 33 percent, preliminary results issued by the state electoral