International election observers to Serbia’s early parliamentary elections to hold press conference on Monday

BELGRADE, 15 December 2023 – International election observers will hold a press conference to present their findings following the early parliamentary elections in Serbia.

What:

• A press conference of the international election observation mission to the early parliamentary elections in Serbia
• Journalists can attend the press conference in person or via Zoom (details below)
• Those unable to attend in person can follow the livestream here

Who:

• Reinhold Lopatka, Special Co-ordinator and leader of the OSCE short-term observers
• Stefan Schennach, Head of the PACE delegation
• Farah Karimi, Head of the OSCE PA delegation
• Klemen Grošelj, Head of the EP delegation
• Ambassador Albert Jónsson, Head of the ODIHR election observation mission  

When:

• 15:00 local time (GMT +1) on 18 December 2023

Where:

• White Pearl Room, Falkensteiner Hotel Belgrade, Bulevar Mihaila Pupina 10k, Belgrade

Registration:

• To take part via Zoom, please register by 11:00 local time on 18 December using the following link

The international election observation is a joint mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE (OSCE PA), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), and the European Parliament (EP). The observation mission totals 359 observers, made up of 254 ODIHR-deployed experts, long-term, and short-term observers, 71 from the OSCE PA, 23 from PACE, and 11 from the EP.

For more information, please contact:

Katya Andrusz, ODIHR: +48 609 522 266 or katya.andrusz@odihr.pl

Nat Parry, OSCE PA: +45 601 08 177 or nat@oscepa.dk

Sylvie Affholder, PACE: +33 7 60 19 75 05 or sylvie.affholder@coe.int

Raffaele Luise, EP: +32 477 85 52 67 or raffaele.luise@europarl.europa.eu