Associated Press 2 October 2012 TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Tuesday conceded defeat in his country's parliamentary election, defying the opposition's expectations that he would cling to power at all costs and preserving his legacy as a pro-Western leader who brought democracy to the former Soviet republic. Saakashvili said the opposition Georgian Dream coalition led by billionaire businessman and

Trend 2 October 2012 Georgia's parliamentary elections marked an important step in consolidating the conduct of democratic elections, although certain key issues remain to be addressed, concluded the international election observers in a statement released on Tuesday, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) reported. "The elections were competitive, with active citizen participation through the campaign, but the campaign

ROME, 2 October 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Riccardo Migliori attended the inauguration ceremony of the Captains Regent of the Republic of San Marino today. In conjunction with the ceremony, Migliori met with the San Marino delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the Ambassador of Italy, HE Giorgio Marini, and with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs, Antonella Mularoni.

Tonino Picula at a Tbilisi polling station on 1 October 2012. TBILISI, 2 October 2012 – Georgia's parliamentary elections marked an important step in consolidating the conduct of democratic elections, although certain key issues remain to be addressed, concluded the international election observers in a statement released today. The elections were competitive, with active citizen participation through the campaign, but the campaign environment

Tonino Picula (MP, Croatia) opens the short-term observer briefing on 29 September. TBILISI, 30 September 2012 – The international observers monitoring the parliamentary elections in Georgia will present their preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Tuesday, 2 October, in Tbilisi. The mission is a joint undertaking of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

TBILISI, Georgia, 1 October 2012 -- Tonino Picula (MP, Croatia), the special co-ordinator to lead the OSCE short-term election observation mission to Georgia, and more than 50 observers from the Parliamentary Assembly headed to polling stations today to monitor election day activity. In a joint statement released Saturday by the heads of the Parliamentary delegations of the OSCE, Council of Europe, NATO and the European Parliament, observers