News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Parliamentary Assembly President to meet OSCE Chair-in-Office Gilmore in Dublin
Publishing date: 30 January 2012
COPENHAGEN, 30 January 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou, a leading member of the Greek Parliament, will visit Dublin 1 February for meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore to discuss Ireland’s priorities as chair of the world’s largest regional security organization...
Concern raised over Kyrgyzstan Prison conditions
Publishing date: 26 January 2012
COPENHAGEN, 26 January 2012 – Matteo Mecacci, Chair of the OSCE PA human rights committee today called for respect of human rights and easing of conditions in Kyrgyzstan prisons after the government reported 80 per cent of the country’s prisoners are on a hunger strike...
British MPs debate OSCE in House of Lords
Publishing date: 23 January 2012
COPENHAGEN, 20 January 2012 – The British government should report more frequently to Parliament on its activities within the OSCE, and the OSCE in Vienna should co-operate more fully with the Parliamentary Assembly, members of the British House of Lords said this week...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President addresses the OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 3 November 2011
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou addressed the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 3 November 2011...
Efthymiou promotes co-operation in speech to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 3 November 2011
VIENNA, 3 November 2011 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou today laid out a vision to strengthen the world’s largest regional security organization during a speech before the Organization’s diplomatic body, the Permanent Council...
Parliamentary observers applaud Tunisian elections: vote shows country on its way to guaranteeing freedom, human rights, democracy
Publishing date: 25 October 2011
TUNIS, 24 October 2011 – International election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly today declared the first democratic elections in Tunisia as “free and fair” and praised the Tunisian people for their participation in the electoral process...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly debates role in democratic transitions in Mediterranean
Publishing date: 10 October 2011
DUBROVNIK, Croatia, 9 October 2011 – Members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today called for closer co-operation with Mediterranean countries to promote democratic transition and strengthen international engagement in the region...