COPENHAGEN, 10 May 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today called on separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts of eastern Ukraine to cancel planned referendums on self-rule scheduled for 11 May. "The idea that free and fair voting could take place in these so-called referendums is absurd. Not only are these referendums completely illegitimate in the eyes of the international community, they would be taking place
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
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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
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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
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