COPENHAGEN, 22 March 2017 – Following an attack today near the British Houses of Parliament, which is reportedly being treated as “a terrorist incident” by the London police, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) issued the following statement: “I strongly condemn the terrible attack that took place outside the UK’s Parliament building in London today. My thoughts are with the victims, with my colleagues in the

OSCE PA Parliamentary Team on Moldova Chair Arta Dade with Moldovan President Igor Dodon, Chisinau, 22 March 2017 CHISINAU, 22 March 2017 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Team on Moldova, Arta Dade (MP, Albania), today concluded a three-day visit to Chisinau and Tiraspol, encouraging the sides to follow through on their commitments and produce concrete results in the Transdniestrian settlement process. In Chisinau, Dade met with

Christine Muttonen and Vladimir Andreichenko following the signing of the Annual Session agreement in Minsk, 15 March 2017 MINSK, 16 March 2017 – In meetings today with the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei, and yesterday with Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly Vladimir Andreichenko, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) has

VIENNA, 16 March 2017 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is holding a conference at the Parliament of the Republic of Austria in Vienna next week under the theme, “OSCE Security Policy – Female Perspectives.” Featuring the participation of parliamentarians, representatives of OSCE field operations, academicians and civil society representatives, the conference on 23 March will tackle issues such as the role of women in the fight against violent

Christine Muttonen (third from left) addresses the OSCE's Economic and Environmental Committee in Vienna on International Women's Day, 8 March 2017 COPENHAGEN, 8 March 2017 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) spoke today at a special meeting of the OSCE’s Economic and Environmental Committee in Vienna on the occasion of International Women’s Day, addressing women’s economic empowerment and the importance of

COPENHAGEN, 8 March 2017 – Spanish parliamentarian Ignacio Sanchez Amor, Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, today called for the release of Azerbaijani journalist Mehman Huseynov, who last week was sentenced by a Baku court to two years in prison for defaming the police chief of the city’s Nasimi district. Huseynov, a popular blogger who serves as Chair of the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety in