Joao Soares (left) and Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk at the conclusion of their meeting on 6 May. COPENHAGEN, 9 May 2014 – Senior parliamentarian Joao Soares (Portugal), who will lead the short-term OSCE observer mission to Ukraine's presidential election, has met with interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv and completed a visit to Odessa. The trip is the latest in a series to Ukraine by OSCE parliamentarians and staff in

COPENHAGEN, 3 May 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today issued the following statement on recent events in Ukraine: "On behalf of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, I deplore the senseless violence and mourn the loss of life that occurred in Odessa yesterday. These events represent a shocking escalation at a time when all Ukrainian citizens and all in the international community have a profound responsibility to

The OSCE PA’s delegation to eastern Ukraine, including Vice-President Ilkka Kanerva (right), Kent Harstedt (left) and Secretary General Spencer Oliver (center) visit a checkpoint in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. COPENHAGEN, 30 April 2014 – A senior delegation from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has completed a visit to the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhya oblasts in eastern Ukraine as part of the Assembly's ongoing activities in preparation for

Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria), the Special Co-ordinator of the short-term OSCE observer mission (right) and Roberto Montella, the OSCE PA Director of Presidential Administration (second from left), inspect ballot boxes at a polling station in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 27 April. SKOPJE, 28 April 2014 – Fundamental freedoms were respected and candidates were able to campaign without obstruction in the 27 April elections in the

OSCE PA Special Representative Nikolay Kovalev. COPENHAGEN, 28 April 2014 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Anti-Terrorism, Nikolay Kovalev (MP, Russian Federation), has warned that international co-operation against terrorism is “seriously lagging behind.” Addressing the OSCE’s Counter-Terrorism Conference today in Interlaken, Switzerland, Kovalev said, “It is impossible to confront the threat of terror in today’s

COPENHAGEN, 16 April 2014 – OSCE parliamentarians will observe the upcoming parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and provide leadership for the OSCE's short-term observer mission. OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Didier Burkhalter has designated Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) as Special Co-ordinator of the mission to observe the 27 April vote. Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal) will serve as Head of the OSCE PA Delegation,