YEREVAN, 4 May 2012 - Francois-Xavier de Donnea, special co-ordinator to lead the OSCE observation mission in Armenia, this morning opened a full day of briefings for more than 100 parliamentarians as they prepare to deploy across Armenia for Sunday's parliamentary elections. Matteo Mecacci, leader of the OSCE short-term observer mission to the 6 May parliamentary and early presidential elections in Serbia, began similar briefings for MPs in

Balkan Insight 2 May 2012 The monitoring mission of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, which will observe this Sunday's elections in Serbia, will comprise more than 35 members, the organisation has announced. The OSCE monitoring mission in Serbia will be headed by Italian Matteo Mecacci who was appointed special coordinator by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore. "I hope that the elections, which we will

Martti Ahtisaari speaks with Tonino Picula on the margins of the conference in Dublin. COPENHAGEN, 1 May 2012 – In Dublin on 27 April, OSCE PA Vice-President Tonino Picula represented the Assembly at the OSCE Chairmanship's Conference "Shared Future: Building and Sustaining Peace," which focused on Northern Ireland as a case study of an effectively resolved protracted conflict. The conference was moderated by former President of Finland Martti

COPENHAGEN, 1 May 2012 – The OSCE PA observation mission to Serbia this week will include more than 35 participants. The delegation to observe the country's 6 May parliamentary elections will be led by Matteo Mecacci (Italy). OSCE Chair-in-Office and Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore appointed Mecacci Special Co-ordinator to head the short-term OSCE observer mission. Mecacci, a member of the Italian parliament and chair of the OSCE PA's

COPENHAGEN, 1 May 2012 – The OSCE PA observation mission to Armenia this week will include more than 70 participants. The delegation to observe the country's 6 May parliamentary elections will be led by Francois-Xavier de Donnea (Belgium). OSCE Chair-in-Office and Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore appointed Mr. de Donnea Special Co-ordinator to head the short-term OSCE observer mission, which is to include more than 200 observers. De

COPENHAGEN, 23 April 2012 – Citizens and leaders should denounce the rise in extremist political parties in the wake of recent physical attacks in Athens, leaders of the 56-country Organization for Security and Co-operation Parliamentary Assembly said today. Meeting in Copenhagen, the members released the following statement after neo-Nazis attacked OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou Saturday while he was campaigning: "Physical attacks,