OSCE PA Special Representative Ignacio Sanchez Amor (left) speaks with a Serbian customs officer on the border with Hungary. COPENHAGEN, 20 March 2014 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Special Representative on Border Co-operation, Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain), has completed a study visit to the Serbian-Hungarian border. Sanchez Amor traveled on 16 March to Vojvodina, an autonomous province in northern Serbia that borders Hungary, to

COPENHAGEN, 19 March 2014 – A delegation led by senior OSCE parliamentarians will observe Ukraine’s presidential election on 25 May and provide leadership for the OSCE's short-term observer mission. OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Didier Burkhalter has designated Joao Soares (MP, Portugal) as Special Co-ordinator of the mission. Makis Voridis (MP, Greece) will serve as Head of the OSCE PA Delegation, which is expected to include some 100

OSCE PA President Ranko Krivokapic, 18 March 2014. SARAJEVO, 19 March 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic has said that security in South East Europe is still a "burning issue," stemming not from the threat of ethnic conflict but from incomplete democratization and organized crime. Addressing the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's Rose-Roth Seminar in Sarajevo on 18 March, Krivokapic said: "Threats to security in the region

OSCE Parliamentarian Jan Richard Andersson of Sweden (right) and OSCE PA Director of Elections Andreas Baker view documents posted in the window of a polling station in Belgrade, 16 March. BELGRADE, 17 March 2014 – The 16 March 2014 early parliamentary elections offered voters a genuine choice, were conducted on a sound legal basis, and fundamental freedoms were respected throughout the campaign, international election observers said in a

OSCE PA President Ranko Krivokapic addresses the PACE Standing Committee as OSCE PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver (left) looks on. Election co-operation, situation in Ukraine top agenda COPENHAGEN, 7 March 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today addressed the Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Paris, where he called for expanded co-operation between the Assemblies

OSCE PA President Ranko Krivokapic (right) greets Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka. COPENHAGEN, 5 March 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today completed a two-day visit to the Czech Republic, where the crisis in Ukraine and the role the OSCE can play in helping to resolve it featured in talks with government leaders and lawmakers. Krivokapic met with Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, Senate President Milan