01/10/2018 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
During the second regional meeting held in Kyiv on 24 September 2018, Duarte Marques (Portugal, EPP/CD) was appointed Coordinator of the Parliamentary Network on Diaspora Policies.
27/09/2018 | Election of Judges
A committee has proposed further improvements to the procedure the Assembly uses to elect judges to the European Court of Human Rights, including streamlining the procedure for rejecting lists of candidates.
26/09/2018 | Prizes
The 2018 Europe Prize will be awarded to the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk at a ceremony in the town on 28 September. Jaak Madison, member of the Social Affairs Committee will present the Prize to the city Mayor.
25/09/2018 | Elections
PACE will send a delegation to “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” to observe the conduct of the referendum organised following the agreement signed by Greece and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” on 17 June.
25/09/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“Media freedom is an essential condition for democratic elections; the media must be free to inform the public without political or economic pressure,” said the Culture Committee, meeting in Tbilisi.
22/09/2018 | Elections
A pre-electoral delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly visited Sarajevo and Banja Luka to assess the election campaign and the preparation of the General elections to be held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 October 2018.
22/09/2018 | President
Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Parliamentary Assembly, has welcomed the decision of the Turkish Supreme Court of Cassation to release newly re-elected MP Enis Berberoglu, from the main opposition party.
21/09/2018 | News
PACE's Network on Diaspora Policies is organising a regional conference in Kyiv on 24 September, focusing on the role of diaspora associations and their synergies with public authorities as a platform for co-operation.
21/09/2018 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Although the majority of refugees arriving in Europe clearly flee violence and extremism in their countries of origin and are hoping for secure life, there is a real danger of radicalisation on the way, the committee stressed.
21/09/2018 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“The right to family life applies to everyone, including refugees and migrants,” said the Committee, which called on member States to “develop common guidelines” to implement the right to family reunification.
21/09/2018 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“Sign languages are used by millions of deaf people throughout the world and contribute to creating communication bridges between deaf and hearing people,” said Mrs Gorrotxategui on the eve of the International Day of Sign Languages.
20/09/2018 | Monitoring
The signing of the agreement to solve the name issue in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” has raised “immense hopes” of achieving Euro-Atlantic integration, according to the co-rapporteurs.