News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE PA to observe Russian Presidential Elections
Publishing date: 28 February 2012
COPENHAGEN, 28 February 2012 – President Petros Efthymiou has announced that the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly will observe the Russian presidential elections on 4 March...
Protecting Internet freedom, human rights and fighting transnational threats should be top priorities, say participants of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly meeting
Publishing date: 23 February 2012
VIENNA, 23 February 2012- Addressing security challenges in the OSCE region is the focus of the eleventh Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, which started today in Vienna, bringing together an estimated 250 parliamentarians from more than 50 OSCE participating States...
President Efthymiou discusses peace process and OSCE participation during visit to Ramallah
Publishing date: 15 February 2012
RAMALLAH, 14 February 2012-- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President held a series of meetings in Ramallah Tuesday focused on peace in the Middle East and economic development in the Palestinian Territories...
President Efthymiou urges peace, regional co-operation in official visit to Israel
Publishing date: 15 February 2012
JERUSALEM, 14 February 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou pushed for greater OSCE activity from Israeli parliamentarians and aimed to encourage peaceful dialogue between Palestinian and Israeli leaders amid changing dynamics in the region during two days of meetings in Jerusalem that ended today...
OSCE PA human rights chair welcomes release of Zhovtis: Mecacci calls on Kazakhstan to release all political prisoners
Publishing date: 1 February 2012
COPENHAGEN, 1 February 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly human rights committee chair Matteo Mecacci (Italy) today welcomed the news that Kazakhstani authorities are set to release imprisoned human rights defender Yvgeny Zhovtis under a general amnesty later this month...
Efthymiou, Soares meet OSCE Chair-in-Office in Dublin
Publishing date: 1 February 2012
DUBLIN, 1 February 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou expressed support today for the Irish Chairmanship agenda, including internet freedom and conflict resolution, during a meeting with Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore...
Habsburg Douglas hosts Kyrgyz Parliamentarians in Sweden
Publishing date: 31 January 2012
STOCKHOLM, 31 January 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice President Walburga Habsburg Douglas (Sweden) is hosting a delegation of parliamentarians this week from the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic on a study visit to the Swedish Riksdagen...