The Messenger 24 August 2012 The leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly concluded its visit to Georgia by offering critical statements of the Georgian legal system, the actions of the State Audit Agency and the exorbitant fines levied against Georgian opposition figures. They have also hinted at signs of "Leninism" during the Georgian pre-election campaign and emphasized the importance of upcoming parliamentary elections for the country.

Riccardo Migliori, with Spencer Oliver, Tonino Picula and Roberto Montella, speaks to the press in Tblisi. TBLISI, Georgia, 22 August 2012 – Leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today concluded a three-day visit to Georgia aimed at assessing the country's pre-election climate. Tonino Picula (Croatia), appointed by the OSCE Chair-in-Office to lead the short-term OSCE observer mission, led a delegation, which included OSCE PA President

COPENHAGHEN, 14 August 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Treasurer and Special Representative for South East Europe Roberto Battelli will lead the OSCE PA election observation mission for the parliamentary elections in Montenegro on 14 October. Battelli, a member of the Slovenian parliament, led the last election observation mission to Montenegro in 2009. Those parliamentary elections met almost all international commitments and standards

COPENHAGHEN, 8 August 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Riccardo Migliori has appointed Vice-President Tonino Picula (Croatia) to lead the Assembly's election observation mission to the parliamentary elections in Georgia on 1 October. Picula, who served as the foreign minister of Croatia from 2004 to 2008, has extensive international election observation experience. He has previously led the OSCE election observation missions to

ROME, July 27, 2012 -- Riccardo Migliori, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe), met in Rome last night the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Sergei Martynov.

COPENHAGHEN, 23 July 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Riccardo Migliori today sent letters of appointment naming the OSCE PA election observation leaders for upcoming missions to Belarus, Ukraine, and the United States. Speaking to the elected leadership of the Assembly earlier this month, Migliori stressed the importance of robust participation in these missions. Matteo Mecacci (Italy), chair of the Committee on Democracy, Human