COPENHAGEN, 16 April 2013 – President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Wolfgang Grossruck today issued the following statement regarding the bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon: "I was shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the bombing attack at the Boston Marathon. I extend condolences to the families of the victims and all our friends and colleagues in the United States shaken by this senseless violence. "This historic race

President Grossruck addresses the Bureau in Copenhagen, 15 April 2013. COPENHAGEN, 15 April 2013 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Bureau today decided to reactivate the 16-year-old agreement that guides election observation by the OSCE. Four months after declaring the 1997 Co-operation Agreement no longer operable, the Assembly today reactivated the agreement and said it needed to be applied to ensure that the OSCE speaks with one voice in

BUDVA, MONTENEGRO, 9 April 2013 – OSCE PA President Wolfgang Grossruck welcomed the decision by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to pardon jailed former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, former Environmental Protection Minister Heorhiy Filipchuk, and four others. In Montenegro, where he is leading a senior OSCE PA delegation to the country for a series of high-level meetings, Grossruck issued the following statement: "I strongly support

PODGORICA, 8. April 2013 ( English ) – Eine hochrangige Delegation der Parlamentarischen Versammlung der OSZE (Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa) befindet sich diese Woche in Montenegro. Damit schließt sie an den Besuch an, der vor einigen Wochen unter der Leitung des ehemaligen OSZE PV Präsidenten Riccardo Migliori stattgefunden hat. Unter Leitung des amtierenden Präsidenten der OSZE Parlamentarischen Versammlung, des

PODGORICA, 8 April 2013 ( Deutsch ) – A senior delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is in Montenegro this week, partly as a follow-up of a previous visit that took place a few weeks ago under the leadership of former OSCE PA President Riccardo Migliori. Led by the acting President of the Assembly, Austrian MP Wolfgang Grossruck, the delegation has used the opportunity of the presidential election that was held on Sunday to hold

KOPENHAGEN, 3. April 2013 ( English ) – Gestern wurde in der UN-Vollversammlung ein Abkommen zur Regelung des globalen Waffenhandels angenommen. "Dies ist ein wichtiger Schritt zum Aufbau echter Sicherheit im OSZE-Raum und in der Welt", sagte der Präsident der Parlamentarischen Versammlung der OSZE (Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa) Wolfgang Großruck heute. „Ich möchte die Mitgliedstaaten der Vereinten Nationen für den