28/06/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 27 June, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn and the director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Michael Georg Link signed a new project to support democratic elections in the Western Balkans. The new three-year project will be implemented by the ODIHR and will support Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, as well as Kosovo "in their efforts to follow-up on election observation recommendations in areas related to election management, voter registration and the conduct of the media during election campaigns", the Commission and OSCE stated in a joint press release. The project has a total budget of €1.6 million and is co-funded by the EU (€1.4 million) and ODIHR (€200,000 provided by the Austrian Development Agency). (CG)