24/04/2026 | 10:40:37 Thank you. Dear colleagues, I would like to report a worrying situation regarding the Romanian cultural heritage in Saranda and, at the same time, the respect for the rule of law in Albania. This concerns the Iorga House, the former Romanian Institute, a symbol of the Romanian cultural presence and the historical ties between Romania and the Aromanian communities in the region. According to the Albanian Academy of Sciences, in 2002, the number of Aromanians was estimated at over 139 000... 23/04/2026 | 17:31:01 Thank you, Mister President. Congratulations on the report. Lately, the most frequent question that comes to our minds when we scroll through social media is: original or Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Deepfakes are a subject of widespread concern, also. Experience with previous generations of digital copyright enforcement shows that mechanisms designed to protect rightsholders may, in practice, result in the removal or repression of legitimate expression, including journalistic, educational... 22/04/2026 | 10:47:03 Hello. Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, First of all I would like to thank the rapporteur for having been all this year a fair and correct political opponent. We regret to hear that she will soon finish her mandate. We would have welcomed continued co-operation to address the gaps that remain in this report. While the report briefly mentions children, early enforced marriage and female genital mutilation, it remains silent on where these practices still occur. We have to turn to... 21/04/2026 | 20:40:02 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear colleagues, We do have religious discrimination. The Romanian Orthodox Church in Ukraine is not legally recognized, even though it serves a community of over 130 Romanian Orthodox parishes. Between the two world wars, these romanian parishes were forcibly taken over in 1944 by the Moscow Patriarchate, afer the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact. Today, these communities wish to return to the Mother Church. They established a religious association... 30/01/2026 | 10:31:16 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, Putin is a war criminal and what is happening in Ukraine is horrifying. I wanted to start with this statement because I wanted to make it clear that what I am about to say next is not about a war, but it's about neighbourly relations and minority rights. It has to do with the over 600,000 Romanians living in Ukraine whose rights are not respected. The Romanian churches over there would like to come under the Romanian Orthodox Church, and they are... 29/01/2026 | 19:31:30 Thank you, Madam President. Dear colleagues, allow me first of all to congratulate the two rapporteurs for their rigorous, balanced and uncompromising work. The report provides a realistic assessment of the state of the post-monitoring dialogue with the Republic of North Macedonia and clearly indicates both the progress made and the remaining shortcomings. Although there have been developments in certain areas, structural reform remains incomplete and issues such as the independence of the... 03/10/2025 | 11:25:37 Mister President. First of all, I would like to thank Mr Sergiy VLASENKO for taking this important initiative, because the issues addressed are fundamental for protecting the rights of the members of this Parliamentary Assembly and preserving trust, independence and credibility in our institution. We are witnessing systematic violation of parliamentary immunity and creating space for unchecked political pressure and political persecution. The main problem is that real guarantees are treated...