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PACE President and Norwegian Speaker back plan for a European Day for the Victims of Hate Crime

10/09/2014 | President

PACE President Anne Brasseur and Olemic Thommessen, President of the Storting, fully support the proposal for a European Day for the Victims of Hate Crime on 22 July, date of the Utoya attacks

President pays tribute to PACE member Jim Dobbin

08/09/2014 | President

PACE President Anne Brasseur has paid tribute to Jim Dobbin, a member of the British delegation to PACE, who passed away suddenly while on a visit to Poland as part of an Assembly delegation.

PACE President makes official visit to Norway

05/09/2014 | President

Anne Brasseur, will make an official visit to Norway on 10-12 September. She will meet in Oslo the President of the Storting and the Vice-President of the Storting and Chair of the Norwegian delegation to PACE.

Anne Brasseur welcomes the Romanian authorities’ commitment to the European project

05/09/2014 | President

At the end of her three-day official visit to Romania, Anne Brasseur welcomed the authorities' firm commitment to the European project.

PACE President Anne Brasseur meets with the Speaker of the Russian State Duma

02/09/2014 | President

PACE President Anne Brasseur met today with the Speaker of the Russian State Duma, Sergey Naryshkin, together with the leaders of the Parliamentary Assembly’s political groups.

PACE President makes official visit to Romania

02/09/2014 | President

Anne Brasseur will make an official visit to Romania on 3-5 September. She is due to meet in Bucharest, notably, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, the President of the Senate and the Prime Minister.

PACE President: spirit of Václav Havel lives on in the Czech Republic

29/08/2014 | President

After her high level official visit to the Czech Republic, Parliamentary Assembly President Anne Brasseur was pleased to note that “the political and human rights spirit of Václav Havel lives on in the country.”

Concern about reports of growing escalation of the conflict in Ukraine

29/08/2014 | President

“I am gravely concerned by the reports of escalation of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine and its implications for the two member states of the Council of Europe, Russia and Ukraine,” said Anne Brasseur.

Gaza: President welcomes truce, calling on both sides to live up to commitments

27/08/2014 | President

Anne Brasseur welcomed the long-term ceasefire deal reached between Israel and the Palestinians. She called on both sides to live up to their commitments and to engage in a meaningful political dialogue.

PACE President makes official visit to the Czech Republic

22/08/2014 | President

PACE President Anne Brasseur will make an official visit to the Czech Republic, during which she is due to meet the President of the Republic, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, the President of the Senate and the Prime Minister.

65th anniversary of the Parliamentary Assembly

08/08/2014 | President

On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Assembly which met for the first time on 10 August 1949, Ms Brasseur paid tribute to the past members and Presidents, and thanked them for “not giving up on the European dream”.

Trafficking in human organs in Kosovo: “Truth’s onward march continues also in this case”

30/07/2014 | President

I welcome that truth’s onward march continues in the case of trafficking in human organs in Kosovo, as well as in the case of the illegal CIA detentions, following the recent judgments of the Court, said Anne Brasseur.