04/12/2012 | Monitoring
Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevičs (Latvia, SOC), PACE co-rapporteurs for the honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia, will undertake a fact-finding visit to the country from 5 to 7 December 2012. In Tbilisi they are due to meet the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Interior and Justice.
29/11/2012 | Monitoring
PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD) and Joseph Debono Grech (Malta, SOC), visited Baku from 26 to 28 November 2012 in order to assess the progress made by the country towards fulfilling its obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe.
23/11/2012 | Monitoring
Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD), PACE co-rapporteur on the monitoring of Azerbaijan, will be visiting the country on 26-28 November 2012 to assess the honouring of its obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe. In Baku, he will hold talks with the President of the Republic, the Speaker of Parliament, the Foreign, Interior and Justice Ministers, and the leaders of the political parties represented in Parliament.
13/11/2012 | Monitoring
On returning from her third fact-finding mission to Turkey from 5 to 9 November 2012, Josette Durrieu (France, SOC), PACE rapporteur on post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey recalled the four main issues raised during her visit. Referring to the reception of Syrian refugees, she highlighted the “outstanding effort” of the authorities and the Turkish people’s “exemplary solidarity”...
05/11/2012 | Monitoring
Josette Durrieu (France, SOC), PACE rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey, is to visit the country from 5 to 10 November 2012 for a fact-finding visit. Talks (to be confirmed) are planned in Ankara and Istanbul with the President of the Republic and the Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Justice, Labour and the Interior.
29/10/2012 | Monitoring
Robert Walter (United Kingdom, EDG), PACE rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 31 October to 2 November 2012. He will have talks with the Speaker of Parliament, the Prime Minister, the Vice-Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs, the Vice-President of the Government responsible for the implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, and the Ministers of the Interior and Justice.
24/10/2012 | Monitoring
PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Moldova, Lise Christoffersen (Norway, SOC) and Piotr Wach (Poland, EPP/CD), have expressed their concern at the investigation and prosecution in Transnistria of Alexander Bejan, an 18-year-old high school student, on charges of "threat of a terrorist act".
22/10/2012 | Monitoring
PACE co-rapporteurs Lise Christoffersen (Norway, SOC) and Piotr Wach (Poland, EPP/CD) praised the political will and high ambitions of the Moldovan authorities to fulfill the country's commitments and obligations towards the Council of Europe while awaiting concrete results of the democratic reforms in Moldova.
15/10/2012 | Monitoring
Lise Christoffersen (Norway, SOC) and Piotr Wach (Poland, EPP/CD), PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by the Republic of Moldova, started today a fact-finding visit to Chisinau until 19 October. They will be especially interested in the current political situation, the reform of justice, the measures taken to combat corruption and organised crime, and the implementation of Assembly Resolutions 1572 (2007), 1666 (2009) and 1692 (2009).
11/10/2012 | Monitoring
PACE rapporteur for the monitoring of Armenia, Axel Fischer (Germany EPP/CD), today expressed his concern about the lifting of the parliamentary immunity of former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, on controversial criminal charges, by the National Assembly. “This is especially worrying in the light of persistent allegations that political motives have played a role in the charges that are levied against him,” emphasised Mr Fischer.
24/09/2012 | Monitoring
Luca Volontè (Italy, EPP/CD), PACE rapporteur on post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria, will make a fact-finding visit to Sofia on 26-27 September 2012. During his visit, meetings are scheduled with the Vice-President of the Republic, the President of the National Assembly, the Minister of Justice, the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Interior as well as with the judicial authorities.
20/09/2012 | Monitoring
PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs for Georgia Michael Aastrup Jensen (Denmark, ALDE) and Boriss Cilevics (Latvia, SOC), have expressed their shock at the videos that have surfaced in Georgia showing prisoners being abused and tortured by prison guards. "Such practices are unacceptable in a Council of Europe member State, therefore we welcome the swift reaction of the authorities," they said.