05/09/2025 | Election observation
“The upcoming parliamentary elections will be decisive for Moldova’s future and for Europe as a whole. In a polarised society and a tense geopolitical climate, the process must remain inclusive and fair for all citizens, at home and abroad,” said Chris Said (Malta, EPP/CD), Head of the PACE pre...
05/09/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development notes with grave concern that Europe has entered an era in which climate-related disasters are becoming structural: persistent droughts, unprecedented wildfires, and heatwaves that strike the most vulnerable and already...
05/09/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Committee on social affairs, health and sustainable development has expressed s its profound sorrow over the tragic accident on the Elevador da Glória in Lisbon, which claimed the lives of 16 people (including foreign nationals) and left many others injured. "We extend our deepest condolences...
05/09/2025 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“The right to adequate housing is a universal human right and a cornerstone of social justice, human development and democratic stability,” underlined the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development. Yet this right “remains a broken promise” for more than 1.3 million people...
05/09/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is also a war against truth, in which free media and journalists are treated as enemies by the aggressor state,” said the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media. Adopting the draft resolution, based on the report by Yevheniia Kravchuk...
02/09/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“I express my deep concern at reports of the disappearance in Turkey of Anatol Kotau, a respected figure in the international sports community and a long-standing advocate for the rights of Belarusian athletes,” today said Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC), general rapporteur on governance and ethics...
29/08/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“The most destructive Russian bombing of Kyiv since the start of the war of aggression against Ukraine took place overnight on 28 August: sources report 23 deaths, including four children, and dozens more wounded,” today stated Piero Fassino (Italy, SOC), rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly...
28/08/2025 | Children of Ukraine
“On the night of 28 August, Russia once again targeted Ukraine with missiles and drones. The attack struck residential areas across Kyiv, leaving at least eighteen people dead and injuring more than forty. Among the victims were four children – a two-year-old girl, a fourteen-year-old boy, and...
27/08/2025 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“Following the firing of shots by a Libyan patrol boat at SOS Méditerranée's Ocean Viking on 24 August 2025, I am very concerned about safety at sea, both for migrants in distress crossing European waters and for coast guards, navies, NGOs, and volunteers who risk their lives to rescue them...
26/08/2025 | Prizes
The selection panel of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, which rewards outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights in Europe and beyond, has today announced the shortlist for the 2025 award. Meeting in Prague, the panel – made up of independent figures from the world of human...
21/08/2025 | Prizes
The Selection Panel of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize will meet on Tuesday 26 August in Prague to determine a shortlist of three nominees from among the candidatures received. This shortlist – three individuals or organisations judged to have undertaken outstanding action in defence of human...
21/08/2025 | Monitoring
The rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Serbia, Victoria Tiblom (Sweden, ECPA), has made the following statement today concerning the escalation of violence in Serbia: “I am deeply alarmed by the recent surge in violence across Serbia...