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PACE rapporteurs welcome Skopje agreement

15/07/2015 | Monitoring

"The agreement reached today by the country’s main political parties is an important step towards ending the political crisis, including the parliamentary boycott by the main opposition party," say Lise Christoffersen and Valeriu Ghiletchi.

Albania monitors: 'political forces must keep working together for stability'

02/07/2015 | Monitoring

Jonathan Evans and Andrej Hunko have welcomed the political determination of the main political forces to continue their co-operation to fully implement the December 2014 agreement, which is of crucial importance for the political stability of the country.

Appointment of rapporteurs

30/06/2015 | Monitoring

The Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe, meeting in Strasbourg on 25 June, appointed the following rapporteurs in line with Resolution 2018 (2014):

Post-monitoring rapporteur praises political maturity of the Turkish people

30/06/2015 | Monitoring

Following her visit to Turkey in May, Josette Durrieu has praised the political maturity demonstrated by the Turkish people in the parliamentary elections in June 2015 and the increased representativeness of the parliament.

Co-rapporteurs make monitoring visit to Albania

26/06/2015 | Monitoring

Jonathan Evans and Andrej Hunko, PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Albania, will make a fact-finding visit to that country on 29-30 June 2015.

Co-rapporteurs urge restraint from all sides in Yerevan protests

25/06/2015 | Monitoring

The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia, Axel Fischer and Sir Alan Meale, have appealed to police as well as protesters to show maximum restraint to ensure unhindered peaceful protests.

Armenia: main aims for constitutional reform should be to strengthen political pluralism

15/06/2015 | Monitoring

Following their visit to Yerevan, the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia, Axel Fischer and Alan Meale, welcomed the intention of the authorities to address some of Armenia’s systemic deficiencies via constitutional reform.

Co-rapporteurs make monitoring visit to Armenia

08/06/2015 | Monitoring

Axel Fischer and Alan Meale co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the monitoring of Armenia, will make a fact-finding visit to Yerevan from 9 to 12 June 2015.

Bulgaria: rapporteur sees progress, urges ongoing reform

05/06/2015 | Monitoring

At the end of his fact-finding visit to Sofia (2-5 June), Frano Matušic, rapporteur on post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria, welcomed the improved political climate after the October 2014 general elections.

Committee proposes not to annul Russian credentials ‘at this time’

01/06/2015 | Monitoring

The Monitoring Committee deeply regrets Russia's "manifest lack of progress" in meeting Assembly demands over the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea, but urges re-established dialogue.

PACE committee makes recommendations to Azerbaijan

01/06/2015 | Monitoring

The committee has made a series of recommendations to the authorities of Azerbaijan as part of its ongoing monitoring of the country – including steps to reinforce democratic checks and balances in the system.

Post-monitoring rapporteur returns to Bulgaria for high-level meetings

01/06/2015 | Monitoring

Frano Matušić, PACE’s rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria, is in Sofia on 2-5 June for high-level meetings with members of the government, opposition and judiciary.