News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
New video showcases 20 years of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 28 March 2012
COPENHAGEN, 28 March 2012 – Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the first major meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Assembly today unveiled a web video highlighting its work to strengthen commitments on human rights, energy, environmental and security commitments through parliamentary dialogue and democratic action...
OSCE PA welcomes election of Moldovan president
Publishing date: 20 March 2012
COPENHAGEN, 16 March 2012 – OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou today applauded the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova for electing a national president after a more than two and half year political stalemate in Chisinau...
President Efthymiou calls for halting of death penalty in Belarus
Publishing date: 16 March 2012
COPENHAGEN, 16 March 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou called today for authorities in Minsk to halt its use of the death penalty after reports that President Alexander Lukashenko has decided to go forward with the use of the death penalty in the cases of two men convicted for the April 2011 Minsk metro bombing...
Chair-in-Office Gilmore visits OSCE PA, reinforces value of parliamentary input to security
Publishing date: 9 March 2012
COPENHAGEN, 9 March 2012 – Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore visited the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly International Secretariat today and expressed his support for parliamentarians being more closely involved in the comprehensive work of the OSCE...
OSCE PA Vice-President Habsburg Douglas denied visit to Tymoshenko in Ukraine
Publishing date: 5 March 2012
KYIV, 5 March 2012 – Walburga Habsburg Douglas, vice-president of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly and member of Swedish parliament, today was denied access to visit former Ukrainian prime minster Yulia Tymoshenko, who remains in prison...
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...