17 April 2012
COPENHAGEN, 17 April 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou today welcomed the release of prominent opposition leader and former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov and his associate Dmitry Bondarenko. "We are pleased that Andrei Sannikov has been amnestied, which comes as a great relief to his family, friends and colleagues. However, we remain concerned that the trials and convictions against him and dozens of other
12 April 2012
B92 12 April 2012 BELGRADE -- OSCE official Matteo Mecacci says the ongoing dialogue between the international community and Belgrade about the elections in Kosovo would yield an agreement. He added that the organization could assist Serbs in claiming their right to vote in the May 6 presidential and parliamentary elections in Kosovo. "The OSCE is not going to address the issue of recognition or non-recognition of Kosovo. The role we can play
03 April 2012
COPENHAGEN, 3 April 2012 – The OSCE Chair-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, has appointed François-Xavier De Donnea of Belgium and Matteo Mecacci of Italy to serve as special co-ordinators to lead the OSCE election observation missions to the 6 May elections in Armenia and Serbia, respectively. In accordance with the 1997 Co-operation Agreement, De Donnea and Mecacci will deliver the post-election statements on behalf of the
26 March 2012
COPENHAGEN, 26 March 2012 – With a two-day summit on nuclear security beginning in Seoul, South Korea, today, Karl-Georg Wellmann, chair of the OSCE PA's General Committee on Political Affairs and Security, said that he hopes for strong pledges from the participants on improving the protection of nuclear facilities and radioactive materials, as well as for reducing nuclear stockpiles and deployed strategic nuclear weapons. "I welcome the
22 March 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 22 March 2012 - A representation of the Italian delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly discussed human rights and minority rights during a visit today to Kosovo, where the OSCE's largest field mission is based. Assembly Vice-President Riccardo Migliori; Matteo Mecacci, chair of the Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions; and Senator Mauro Del Vecchio and Senator Giuseppe Caforio met with
19 March 2012
COPENHAGEN, 16 March 2012 – OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou today applauded the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova for electing a national president after a more than two and a half year political stalemate in Chisinau. The parliament today elected Mr. Nicolae Timofti president of Moldova. Timofti, an experienced lawyer, was proposed by the Alliance for European Integration, supported by independent parliamentarians, and received 62
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