COPENHAGEN, 16 February 2018 – A decision reached by a Turkish court today condemning journalists to prison is a major threat to media freedom in Turkey, said OSCE Parliamentary Assembly human rights committee Chair Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain). He said that the ruling to punish six imprisoned defendants for attempting to disrupt the constitutional order could violate OSCE commitments including the right to freedom of opinion and

COPENHAGEN, 13 February 2018 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will hold its 17th Winter Meeting at the Hofburg Congress Centre in Vienna on 22-23 February 2018, featuring debates on “fake news,” climate change, arms control, migration, terrorism, and more. The opening session will include speeches by OSCE PA President George Tsereteli, OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger, and Italy’s Undersecretary of State of Foreign Affairs and

OSCE PA President George Tsereteli and OSCE PA Vice-President Roger Wicker, Washington DC, 8 February 2018 WASHINGTON, 9 February 2018 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (Georgia) and Secretary General Roberto Montella are wrapping up a visit to Washington, where they met this week with Members of Congress and officials from the U.S. National Security Council and State Department. In discussions, Tsereteli and Montella

Committee Chair Makis Voridis, seated next to Liaison Officer and Advisor Marco Bonabello, opens a meeting of the CCT in Brussels, 8 Feb. 2017 BRUSSELS, 8 February 2018 – A delegation of seven parliamentarians led by Makis Voridis (MP, Greece) is in Brussels to learn from the Belgian experience in countering terrorism and to foster exchanges of best practices in this complex area. Members of the OSCE PA Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism

OSCE PA President George Tsereteli (Georgia) participates in a forum on “Geopolitics in Southeastern Europea and the role of the United States and NATO,” Washington, DC, 6 February 2018 WASHINGTON, 8 February 2018 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli and Secretary General Roberto Montella are in Washington this week, where they participated in a forum on geopolitics in South East Europe on Tuesday. The event at the U.S.

Members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Migration at the Belgian House of Representatives in Brussels, together with Simon Mordue, Deputy Director-General for Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission, 6 Feb. 2018 BRUSSELS, 6 February 2018 – Senior members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly were in Brussels on 5-6 February to learn more about Belgian migration and asylum policies as well as measures to promote the integration of