COPENHAGEN, 29 June 2010 – The Nineteenth Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, with the theme “Rule of Law: Combating Transnational Crime and Corruption,” is taking place 6-10 July in Oslo, hosted by the Parliament of Norway – Stortinget. Nearly 300 parliamentarians from across the OSCE area are expected to participate in the Session, which will be streamed live on the Norwegian Parliament’s website, www.stortinget.no, as well as

COPENHAGEN, 28 June 2010 – The OSCE PA Parliamentary Team on Moldova visited the country 24-26 June, meeting with Acting President and Speaker of Parliament Mihai Ghimpu, Foreign Minister Iurii Leanca, and representatives of a wide range of political parties. The Team, led by Walburga Habsburg Douglas (Sweden), met with the with the leadership of the Supreme Soviet in Tiraspol and the negotiator on the Transnistrian conflict, as well as

NEWS.AZ 18 June 2010 Joao Soares, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly discussed Karabakh conflict with House of Representatives at the US Helsinki Comisssion. "I am disappointed that the OSCE efforts on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have not yet born fruit" Joao Soares, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly stated during his US visit on June 17th.

RIA NOVOSTI 25 June 2010 A police assessment mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has arrived in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek to help stabilize the situation in the country, a Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Friday. "The OSCE police group will carry out three main tasks: monitoring, supervisory control and consultations in the framework of a package of measures adopted by the OSCE Secretariat,"

Programme Officer Anna Chernova and Special Representative Kimmo Kiljunen meet with Kyrgyzstan’s Interim President Roza Otunbaeva in Bishkek (Photo by Yanna Thay, OSCE) BISHKEK, 23 June 2010 -- The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative for Central Asia, Kimmo Kiljunen, concluded a two-day visit to Kyrgyzstan today. Mr. Kiljunen met with a range of political interlocutors, including Interim President Roza Otunbaeva, her Deputy in

TREND NEWS AGENCY 23 June 10 A referendum on amending to Kyrgyzstan's Constitution, which is scheduled for Sunday, is important for the country, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Special Representative for Central Asia, Kimmo Kiljunen believes. "Holding the referendum in these circumstances is not easy. But there is no other option. If they don't organize the referendum it'll even worsen the situation," Kiljunen told Trend over phone from Bishkek.