Closing session speakers Makis Voridis, Hedy Fry and Filippo Lombardi, 23 Feb. 2018 VIENNA, 23 February 2018 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 17th Winter Meeting concluded today with high-level debates on migration, terrorism, and gender issues. Also discussed over the past two days of meetings were arms control, “fake news,” climate change, and the crisis in and around Ukraine. Some 240 parliamentarians from 53 countries participated in the

Italy’s Undersecretary of State of Foreign Affairs, OSCE PA President George Tsereteli, and International Co-operation Vincenzo Amendola, and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger VIENNA, 22 February 2018 – Some 240 parliamentarians from 53 countries are gathered in Vienna this week for the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 17th Winter Meeting. With debates taking place on “fake news,” climate change, arms control, migration, and terrorism, the

Head of OSCE PA Delegation of Observers Margareta Cederfelt COPENHAGEN, 20 February 2018 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is deploying a mission of 42 international observers, including 33 parliamentarians from 22 countries, to Italy for the 4 March parliamentary elections. The observers arrive in Rome next week for two days of briefings before deploying for election day observation around the country. Swedish parliamentarian and OSCE PA

COPENHAGEN, 16 February 2018 – A decision reached by a Turkish court today condemning journalists to prison is a major threat to media freedom in Turkey, said OSCE Parliamentary Assembly human rights committee Chair Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain). He said that the ruling to punish six imprisoned defendants for attempting to disrupt the constitutional order could violate OSCE commitments including the right to freedom of opinion and

COPENHAGEN, 13 February 2018 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will hold its 17th Winter Meeting at the Hofburg Congress Centre in Vienna on 22-23 February 2018, featuring debates on “fake news,” climate change, arms control, migration, terrorism, and more. The opening session will include speeches by OSCE PA President George Tsereteli, OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger, and Italy’s Undersecretary of State of Foreign Affairs and

OSCE PA President George Tsereteli and OSCE PA Vice-President Roger Wicker, Washington DC, 8 February 2018 WASHINGTON, 9 February 2018 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (Georgia) and Secretary General Roberto Montella are wrapping up a visit to Washington, where they met this week with Members of Congress and officials from the U.S. National Security Council and State Department. In discussions, Tsereteli and Montella