04/03/2017 | News
Pedro Agramunt has expressed his dismay at the announcement today of the execution of fifteen Jordanians sentenced to death for terrorism and various crimes, at the prison of Souaga, in the south of Amman.
02/02/2017 | News
Nearly three years since the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan was granted Partner for Democracy status under the terms of Assembly Resolution 1984 (2014), it has yet to make full use of all opportunities offered by the status.
15/11/2016 | News
“As the leader of the sporting world, the IOC fully supports the #NoHateNoFear initiative. We know that only by standing together we can achieve a world free of hate and of fear,” said the IOC President.
16/09/2016 | News
The Speaker of Serbia’s National Assembly Maja Gojković, addressing the Conference of Presidents of Parliament, has said it is the duty of parliamentarians to help “bring the benefits of Council of Europe mechanisms to our citizens”.
16/09/2016 | News
Eiki Nestor, President of the Estonian Riigikogu, has paid tribute to the role of the Council of Europe in establishing a rights culture in Europe, and urged his fellow Speakers to uphold Council values in difficult times for the continent.
16/09/2016 | News
“There are three elements, among others, which put our democratic systems under threat: poverty, corruption and hatred", said Anne Brasseur, member of the Parliamentary Alliance and Ambassador of the No Hate Speech Movement.
16/09/2016 | News
"In most countries, politicians, journalists and human rights activists become targets of hate speech, insults and threats," said today the Bundestag President, speaking at the Conference of Presidents of Parliament.
16/09/2016 | News
Pedro Agramunt has closed the Conference of Presidents of Parliament by making an appeal to parliaments across the continent to show “leadership and vision” in tackling the current challenges faced by Europe.
15/09/2016 | News
"It is worrying to see the mainstream in politics increasingly imitating the margins," Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland said, at the opening of the Conference of Presidents of Parliament.
15/09/2016 | News
“With great delay and an added dose of political hypocrisy, we have found ourselves up against a sharp rise in refugee and migrant flows”, said Nikolaos Voutsis, President of the Hellenic Parliament.
15/09/2016 | News
“Due to the mistaken European migration policy, the present wave of mass migration will not stop by itself. This is why we have to stop it”, said László Kövér, Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary.
15/09/2016 | News
“No country can erect a wall against terrorism or the economic crisis. No country can build a barrier to keep out the instability caused by frozen or active conflicts, ” the PACE President stressed.