Special Co-ordinator Roberto Battelli and Head of OSCE PA Delegation Azay Guliyev COPENHAGEN, 28 November 2016 – OSCE parliamentarians will observe the upcoming parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and provide leadership for the short-term OSCE observer mission. OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Frank-Walter Steinmeier has appointed Roberto Battelli (MP, Slovenia) as Special Co-ordinator to lead the short-term OSCE

Ignacio Sanchez Amor meets with the Vice-President of the Commission of the European Union, Frans Timmermans, Bratislava, 14 November 2016 COPENHAGEN, 14 November 2014 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, Ignacio Sanchez Amor, met today in Bratislava (Slovakia) with the Vice-President of the Commission of the European Union, Frans Timmermans, whose responsibilities include the rule of law and fundamental

Special Co-ordinator Arta Dade (Albania) and head of the OSCE PA delegation Geir Joergen Bekkevold (Norway), Chisinau, 13 November 2016 CHISINAU, 14 November 2016 – The second round of the presidential election in Moldova was competitive, with respect for fundamental freedoms. The campaign, featuring televised debates, allowed the two candidates to address voters directly. However, increasingly polarized media coverage, harsh and intolerant

President Christine Muttonen meets with Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, 11 Nov. 2016 NEW YORK, 14 November 2016 – In a visit to United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday and Friday, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) highlighted the Assembly’s activities in a range of areas, including election observation, migration, gender, parliamentary diplomacy,

Christine Muttonen and Makis Voridis observing in Washington, DC, 8 Nov. 2016 WASHINGTON, 9 November, 2016 – The 8 November general elections in the United States were highly competitive and demonstrated commitment to fundamental freedoms of expression, assembly and association. The presidential campaign was characterized by harsh personal attacks, as well as intolerant rhetoric, particularly by one candidate, international observers from the

WASHINGTON, 8 November 2016 – The Head of the observer mission deployed by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to the 8 November General Elections in the United States, Greek parliamentarian Makis Voridis, today released the following message: “I was informed that someone affiliated with our team had expressed on Twitter his personal political preference for a candidate in the elections we are observing. This is in clear contravention of our