{"id":78500,"date":"2025-05-12T15:53:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=78500"},"modified":"2025-05-12T16:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:14:27","slug":"elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"Elections: OSCE-ODIHR Raises Concerns Over Use of Pension Scheme and Fine Forgiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The head of the European Parliament delegation to the OSCE\/ODIHR election observation mission for Albania\u2019s May 11 elections praised the Central Election Commission (CEC) for organizing an open and transparent process.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference presenting the mission\u2019s conclusions, he emphasized the importance of addressing several OSCE recommendations that were not implemented, highlighting as particularly concerning the reported last-minute use of the pension scheme and the pardoning of fines.<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that the lack of independent media reporting\u2014due to political influence\u2014prevented citizens from receiving objective information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe elections were competitive and the campaign calm, but some ODIHR recommendations remain unaddressed, such as campaign financing. We believe that vote counting outside polling stations is something that needs to be reviewed. Additionally, we want to highlight that several interlocutors raised concerns about the misuse of public funds, the last-minute use of the pension scheme, and the forgiving of fines. The CEC managed procedures efficiently. We welcome the agreement between SPAK and the CEC for the prosecution of electoral crimes,\u201d the EU official said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head of the European Parliament delegation to the OSCE\/ODIHR election observation mission for Albania\u2019s May 11 elections praised the Central Election Commission (CEC) for organizing an open and transparent process. During a press conference presenting the mission\u2019s conclusions, he emphasized the importance of addressing several OSCE recommendations that were not implemented, highlighting as particularly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":78501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,1803],"tags":[243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Elections: OSCE-ODIHR Raises Concerns Over Use of Pension Scheme and Fine Forgiveness - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elections: OSCE-ODIHR Raises Concerns Over Use of Pension Scheme and Fine Forgiveness - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The head of the European Parliament delegation to the OSCE\/ODIHR election observation mission for Albania\u2019s May 11 elections praised the Central Election Commission (CEC) for organizing an open and transparent process. During a press conference presenting the mission\u2019s conclusions, he emphasized the importance of addressing several OSCE recommendations that were not implemented, highlighting as particularly [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-12T13:53:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-12T14:14:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2589.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"717\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\"},\"headline\":\"Elections: OSCE-ODIHR Raises Concerns Over Use of Pension Scheme and Fine Forgiveness\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-12T13:53:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-12T14:14:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/\"},\"wordCount\":188,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2589.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"kryesore 1\",\"Kryesoret\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Albania\",\"Latest news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/\",\"name\":\"Elections: OSCE-ODIHR Raises Concerns Over Use of Pension Scheme and Fine Forgiveness - Euronews Albania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2589.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-12T13:53:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-12T14:14:27+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2589.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2589.jpeg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":717},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Elections: OSCE-ODIHR Raises Concerns Over Use of Pension Scheme and Fine Forgiveness\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"description\":\"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"width\":280,\"height\":33,\"caption\":\"Euronews Albania\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\",\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Elections: OSCE-ODIHR Raises Concerns Over Use of Pension Scheme and Fine Forgiveness - Euronews Albania","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Elections: OSCE-ODIHR Raises Concerns Over Use of Pension Scheme and Fine Forgiveness - Euronews Albania","og_description":"The head of the European Parliament delegation to the OSCE\/ODIHR election observation mission for Albania\u2019s May 11 elections praised the Central Election Commission (CEC) for organizing an open and transparent process. During a press conference presenting the mission\u2019s conclusions, he emphasized the importance of addressing several OSCE recommendations that were not implemented, highlighting as particularly [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/","og_site_name":"Euronews Albania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","article_published_time":"2025-05-12T13:53:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-12T14:14:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1536,"height":717,"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2589.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Nen Si","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_site":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nen Si","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/"},"author":{"name":"Nen Si","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f"},"headline":"Elections: OSCE-ODIHR Raises Concerns Over Use of Pension Scheme and Fine Forgiveness","datePublished":"2025-05-12T13:53:29+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-12T14:14:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/"},"wordCount":188,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2589.jpeg","keywords":["kryesore 1","Kryesoret"],"articleSection":["Albania","Latest news"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/","name":"Elections: OSCE-ODIHR Raises Concerns Over Use of Pension Scheme and Fine Forgiveness - Euronews Albania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2589.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-05-12T13:53:29+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-12T14:14:27+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2589.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2589.jpeg","width":1536,"height":717},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/elections-osce-odihr-raises-concerns-over-use-of-pension-scheme-and-fine-forgiveness\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Elections: OSCE-ODIHR Raises Concerns Over Use of Pension Scheme and Fine Forgiveness"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","name":"Euronews Albania","description":"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization","name":"Euronews Albania","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","width":280,"height":33,"caption":"Euronews Albania"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f","name":"Nen Si","sameAs":["http:\/\/euronews.al\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78500"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78502,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78500\/revisions\/78502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}