The FINANCIAL -- The second round of Serbia’s early presidential elections on 20 May 2012 maintained the open, highly competitive character of the first round, but provided further indications that efforts are needed to enhance the integrity of the electoral process, international observers said in a statement issued.

The FINANCIAL -- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore welcomed the peaceful and orderly voting in Kosovo for the  second round of the Serbian presidential election of 20 May.

The FINANCIAL -- All OSCE-run polling stations in Kosovo closed today after the orderly completion of voting, according to the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer. The reported provisional turnout was 23.58  per cent.

The FINANCIAL -- Speaking at an international workshop on human trafficking in Israel, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, underlined that victims of trafficking are subjected to multiple violations of human rights.

The FINANCIAL -- Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today condemned the attack on journalist Dan Buruca and called on the Romanian authorities to carry out a thorough and quick investigation.