ODIHR observers to hold press conference in Tirana on Friday

TIRANA, 23 May 2019 – On the occasion of the formal opening of the election observation mission deployed by the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to observe the 30 June local elections in Albania, the mission will hold a press conference in Tirana on Friday, 24 May.

Ambassador Audrey Glover, the Head of the ODIHR election observation mission, will introduce the role of the mission and its upcoming activities. The press conference will also provide an opportunity for questions from journalists.

The ODIHR election observation mission will partner with a delegation from the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities for observation and the release of a preliminary statement of findings and conclusions on the day after the elections.

The mission’s deployment follows an invitation from the Albanian government.

The ODIHR election observation mission and the OSCE Presence in Albania operate separately and independently under their own mandates.

Journalists are invited to attend the press conference at 12:00, Friday, 24 May, in the Antigonea 1 Room of the Rogner Hotel, Bulevardi “Dëshmorët e Kombit” 9, Tirana.