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Press releases and media advisories
Disclaimer: These press releases are issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. The views expressed in these press releases do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States.
Efthymiou, Saakashvili, Bakradze promote economic co-operation in Georgia
BATUMI, Georgia, 12 May 2012 – Regional co-operation on economic development is not only sound fiscal policy but key to peace and security, parliamentary and government leaders said today at the opening of a major economic conference in Georgia...
More than 100 parliamentarians to meet for economic conference in Batumi, Georgia President Saakashvili to address opening session
COPENHAGEN, 10 May 2012 – Nearly 250 participants including more than 100 parliamentarians from 30 countries will convene in Batumi, Georgia 11-14 May for a conference focused on fostering economic co-operation, sustainable development and stability in the OSCE region...
Statement of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on rise of extremism and attack on Efthymiou
COPENHAGEN, 23 April 2012 – Citizens and leaders should denounce the rise in extremist political parties in the wake of recent physical attacks in Athens, leaders of the 56-country Organization for Security and Co-operation Parliamentary Assembly said today...
New video showcases 20 years of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
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
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
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
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
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
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... ()