02/03/2023 | Standing Committee
“I am proud and saddened to have been in Kyiv on 24 February this year to commemorate the start of the atrocities, to reiterate my group’s support – and I believe the support of this Assembly too – for Ukraine and our colleagues, and to remember the victims,” said Iulian Bulai (Romania, ALDE...
28/02/2023 | Parliamentary Support
The PACE will organise a roundtable on 3 March in The Hague, during which parliamentarians will examine the role that men and boys can play in ending violence against women and girls. They will also review the Council of Europe and the Parliamentary Assembly work and standards and identify...
24/02/2023 | President
In a ceremony to mark one year of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine together with the Foreign Minister of Iceland and Chair of the Committee of Ministers, Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir, the Council of Europe Secretary General, Marija Pejčinović Burić, and the Permanent...
24/02/2023 | President
During his working visit to Portugal (22-23 February) and consecutive meetings with the President of the Assembly of the Republic Augusto Santos Silva, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Francisco André, the Chairperson and members of the Portuguese delegation to the PACE, Tiny Kox...
24/02/2023 | Monitoring
Following their visit to Armenia on 17-19th of February to assess the situation on the border with Azerbaijan and at the entrance of the Lachin Corridor, the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Armenia Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland, SOC...
24/02/2023 | Election observation
A delegation (*) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was in Podgorica on 23 and 24 February 2023 to assess the pre-electoral climate of the presidential election scheduled for 19 March 2023. The delegation, led by Joe O’Reilly (Ireland, EPP/CD), welcomed the fact that...
23/02/2023 | President
Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs and President of the Committee of Ministers Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir, President of the Parliamentary Assembly Tiny Kox, Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić, Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović as well as President of the Congress...
22/02/2023 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The PACE Sub-Committee on culture, diversity and heritage met on 22 February 2023 in Olympia, Greece, on the premises of the International Olympic Academy. In her opening remarks Nina Kasimati, Chairperson of the Sub-Committee, underlined that “The Greek culture - in a wider context of its...
21/02/2023 | President
Tiny Kox, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will make a working visit to Portugal on 22-23 February. In Lisbon, he will meet the Speaker of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic, as well as the Chairperson and members of the Portuguese delegation to PACE...
21/02/2023 | Parliamentary Support
The Chamber of Councillors of Morocco and the PACE will organise a parliamentary meeting on "Strengthening women's economic empowerment: employment, entrepreneurship, training" on 22 February at the headquarters of the Parliament in Rabat, within the framework of the joint program “Support to the...
17/02/2023 | Election observation
A five-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Joseph O'Reilly (Ireland, EPP/CD), will make a pre-electoral visit to Montenegro on 23-24 February to assess the election campaign and political climate prior to the presidential election on 19 March...
15/02/2023 | Monitoring
Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland, SOC) and Boriana Åberg (Sweden, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Armenia, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 17 to 20 February 2023. In Yerevan, Mr...