On 21 November 2007, the new headquarters of the OSCE Secretariat and Representative for the Freedom of the Media are inaugurated in Vienna in the historic Palais Palffy-Erdödy (on the left), renovated to meet the needs of the organisation. The new building is located in Wallnerstrasse, in the historical centre of the Austrian capital.
On 21 November 2007, the new headquarters of the OSCE Secretariat and Representative for the Freedom of the Media are inaugurated in Vienna in the historic Palais Palffy-Erdödy, renovated to meet the needs of the organisation.
This article, published in 2008 in OSCE Magazine, looks back at the transfer of the Secretariat of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe to number 6, Wallnerstrasse, in the centre of Vienna, and reviews the reactions to the plan to renovate Palais Pálffy.