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President Efthymiou discusses peace process and OSCE participation during visit to Ramallah
Publishing date: 15 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
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
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
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
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
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
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
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
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
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...
Parliamentary Assembly President to meet OSCE Chair-in-Office Gilmore in Dublin
Publishing date: 30 January 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
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...