Top: OSCE Special Co-ordinator Vilija Aleknaite Abramikiene (center) meets with representatives of several NGOs in Adana, 3 June. Bottom: OSCE PA Delegation Head Ignacio Sanchez Amor (left) meets with Diyarbakir's governor, Huseyin Aksoy, 4 June. ANKARA, 4 June 2015 – The leaders of the OSCE's short-term observer mission for Turkey's upcoming parliamentary vote have completed visits to Adana and Diyarbakir provinces, respectively, while dozens

Top: Special Representative Battelli (left) met with Vladimir Marinkovic, Vice-President of the National Assembly of Serbia, in Belgrade on 1 June. Bottom: Battelli met with Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga in Prishtine/Pristina on 3 June (courtesy photo). PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 3 June 2015 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Special Representative on South East Europe, Roberto Battelli (MP, Slovenia), is visiting Belgrade, Prishtine/Pristina and

Participants in the Belgrade seminar included: T op (left to right): OSCE PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver, President Ilkka Kanerva, Serbian Delegation Head Dijana Vukomanovic, BFPE President Sonja Licht Bottom (left to right): Serbian Ambassador Dejan Sahovic, OSCE PA human rights committee Rapporteur Gordana Comic COPENHAGEN, 28 May 2015 – The OSCE needs a strengthened presence on the ground, closer co-operation with civil society and a

OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva (left) during his meeting with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ivica Dacic in Belgrade, 27 May 2015. BELGRADE, 27 May 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) and Secretary General Spencer Oliver met today with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic in Belgrade for extensive discussions on the situation in and around Ukraine and other topics. Chairperson

COPENHAGEN, 19 May 2015 – OSCE parliamentarians will observe the upcoming parliamentary elections in Turkey and provide leadership for the OSCE's short-term observer mission. OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ivica Dacic has designated Vilija Aleknaite Abramikiene (MP, Lithuania) as Special Co-ordinator to lead the short-term OSCE observer mission for the 7 June vote. Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain) will serve as Head of the OSCE Parliamentary

Kyrgyz MP Roza Aknazarova addresses the conference (top left); Swedish MP Margareta Cederfelt speaks with former President of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbaeva (top right); a view of the conference's opening plenary on 15 May (bottom) BISHKEK, 16 May 2015 – OSCE parliamentarians led by Kyrgyzstan's Roza Aknazarova joined government and parliamentary leaders and representatives of international organizations and civil society in Bishkek on May 15-16,