23/06/2026 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
A PACE committee has expressed grave concern over growing threats to media pluralism and independence – citing “media capture” by political and economic actors, mounting pressure on public service media, the development of “news deserts” and the dominance of online platforms. The Assembly’s...
22/06/2026 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
In a declaration adopted unanimously today, the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) strongly condemned the drone strikes that hit the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery on 15 June 2026. Saint Sophia Cathedral and the monastic...
08/06/2026 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Parliamentary Alliance for Good Governance and Integrity in Sport convened on 3 June in Istanbul with a clear message: trust in sport depends on strong integrity, transparency, and effective governance at every level. Hosted by the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye, the round table brought...
03/06/2026 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, meeting on 2 June in Istanbul, highlighted structural, political and societal challenges affecting media freedom in sport, including restrictions on journalistic access, contractual limitations, growing control of content by rights holders...
29/05/2026 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Tone Trøen (Norway, EPP/CD), rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on media freedom in sport, issued the following statement today: “Silencing whistleblowers and journalists who expose abuses linked to major sporting events is incompatible with the values that...
22/05/2026 | Standing Committee
The PACE Standing Committee, meeting today in Monaco, strongly condemned “the deliberate targeting and killing of local journalists in Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces” and Israel’s prohibition on international journalists and media outlets accessing the Gaza Strip. It also deplores the...
30/04/2026 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May 2026), PACE's General Rapporteur on media freedom and the safety of journalists, Valentina Grippo (Italy, ALDE), has issued a warning about the critical situation of press freedom and media pluralism in Europe, highlighting the numerous threats...
23/04/2026 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Committee on Culture, Science, Education, and Media, meeting today in Strasbourg, strongly condemned “the deliberate targeting and killing of local journalists in Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces,” and Israel’s prohibition on international journalists and media outlets accessing the Gaza...
16/03/2026 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Yevheniia Kravchuk (Ukraine, ALDE), PACE Rapporteur on “Countering the erasure of cultural identity in times of war and peace”, made the following statement today: “I am deeply concerned by the possibility of Russia reopening its pavilion at the Venice Biennale while its war of aggression against...
13/03/2026 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
A PACE committee is calling for a balanced regulation of artificial intelligence that empowers the creative sector and protects citizens and democracy at large. Approving a draft resolution based on a report by Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC), PACE’s Culture Committee said that current copyright...
10/02/2026 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
PACE’s General Rapporteur on media freedom and safety of journalists, Valentina Grippo (Italy, ALDE), made the following statement today: “I am deeply concerned by the twenty-year prison sentence handed down yesterday to British media businessman Jimmy Lai by Hong Kong's High Court. Mr Lai was...
05/02/2026 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
PACE President Petra Bayr and Mogens Jensen, Chairperson of the PACE Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media today made the following joint statement: On the eve of the opening of the Winter Olympic Games in Cortina, PACE President Petra Bayr and Mogens Jensen, Chairperson of the PACE...