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Slovak OSCE Chairmanship outlines priorities for 2019

Slovak OSCE Chairmanship outlines priorities for 2019

Addressing a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna the Slovak Foreign Minister said Ukraine will be a priority for the chairmanship, but he also noted positive developments around the conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh, Transdniestr and Georgia
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PACE co-rapporteurs call upon Azerbaijani authorities to review Mehman Huseynov’s case

PACE co-rapporteurs call upon Azerbaijani authorities to review Mehman Huseynov’s case

"We are alarmed by the fact that Mehman Huseynov has embarked upon a hunger strike as the only means available to him to protest about his plight. We call upon the Azerbaijani authorities to review his case as a matter of absolute priority" said the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Azerbaijan,
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Slovakia takes over the chairmanship of the OSCE for 2019

Slovakia takes over the chairmanship of the OSCE for 2019

The last decade has been a difficult one for the OSCE, with some even questioning the very existence of the organisation. It got a new lease of life after it played a role in stabilising the situation in Eastern Ukraine when fighting flared up there in 2014.