Nadiya Savchenko meets with Ilkka Kanerva in Kyiv, 14 June 2016 KYIV, 15 June 2016 – Yesterday in Kyiv Nadiya Savchenko, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, recipient of the country’s highest Hero of Ukraine order, and recently released from a Russian prison, paid a surprise visit to an OSCE Parliamentary Assembly delegation under the leadership of President Ilkka Kanerva (MP Finland), who is in Kyiv for meetings with the Ukrainian President

Second Committee Rapporteur Marietta Tidei (MP, Italy) at this year's Winter Meeting in Vienna, 26 Feb. 2016 COPENHAGEN, 14 June 2016 – A report and draft resolution drawing connections between economic and environmental concerns with the broader security environment of the OSCE area will be taken up by members of parliament at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 25th Annual Session , being held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 1 to 5 July. Authored by

First Committee Rapporteur Margareta Cederfelt (MP, Sweden) at last year's Annual Session in Helsinki, 7 July 2015 COPENHAGEN, 13 June 2016 – Pointing to a loss of trust between OSCE countries in recent years, the rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly’s political affairs and security committee, Margareta Cederfelt (MP, Sweden), has authored a report and draft resolution geared towards strengthening international dialogue and improving

COPENHAGEN, 13 June 2016 – In response to this weekend’s deadly shooting in Orlando, Florida, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement: “The horrific attack at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, was a cowardly and heinous act which I condemn unequivocally. There is no place for such violence and the fact that it was carried out against an LGBT establishment makes it both an act of terrorism

COPENHAGEN, 7 June 2016 – Following today’s car bombing in a central tourist district in Istanbul, killing 11 and wounding dozens, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement: “It is with a heavy heart that I once again express my strongest condemnation of yet another terrorist attack in Turkey, this time a car bombing claiming the lives of at least 11 people in Istanbul. There is no

Christine Muttonen and Secretary General Roberto Montella with students of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek on 3 June 2016 BISHKEK, 3 June 2016 – Wrapping up a two-day visit to Kyrgyzstan, which has included meetings with the Speaker of the Parliament, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and officials at the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Special Representative for Central and Eastern Asia and Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Christine