COPENHAGEN, 16 February 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today urged all sides in the Ukraine conflict to adhere strictly to the ceasefire and expressed deep concern about the continuation of fighting in areas of eastern Ukraine, particularly around the town of Debaltseve. “These early days following the agreement of the ceasefire will be critical as to whether or not it will hold. I welcome the news that

COPENHAGEN, 15 February 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Secretary General Spencer Oliver issued the following statement today on the weekend's dual terror attacks in Copenhagen: "I deplore in the strongest terms this weekend's terror attacks in Copenhagen, the home city of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's International Secretariat. These barbaric and cowardly acts targeted not only a public seminar and a synagogue, but the modern European

OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva (right) and Russian State Duma Chairperson Sergey Naryshkin ahead of their meeting in Moscow, 12 February. COPENHAGEN, 12 February 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) met today with Russian State Duma Chairperson Sergey Naryshkin in Moscow for talks that focused on Russia’s role in international efforts to resolve the crisis in and around Ukraine. The meeting provided an

COPENHAGEN, 10 February 2015 – OSCE parliamentarians will observe the upcoming parliamentary elections in Tajikistan and provide leadership for the OSCE's short-term observer mission. OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ivica Dacic has designated Marietta Tidei (MP, Italy) as Special Co-ordinator to lead the short-term OSCE observer mission for the 1 March vote. Geir Joergen Bekkevold (MP, Norway) will serve as Head of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva (left) and Verkhovna Rada Chairperson Volodymyr Groysman speak to the media following their meeting in Kyiv, 6 February. COPENHAGEN, 6 February 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) met today with Verkhovna Rada Chairperson Volodymyr Groysman, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and other senior parliamentary and government officials in Kyiv for discussions that focused on the status

Vienna's Hofburg Congress Centre will host the OSCE PA's Winter meeting on 18-20 February. COPENHAGEN, 5 February 2015 – The escalating crisis in and around Ukraine and the OSCE’s continuing efforts to help resolve it will be the focus of parliamentary debate and keynote presentations at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Winter Meeting , held on 18-20 February at the Hofburg Congress Centre in Vienna. OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbian