09/10/2016 | President
PACE President strongly condemned today the car bomb attack in Turkey and sent a message of condolences and solidarity to the families of the victims and the injured.
05/10/2016 | President
At the end of his visit to Serbia, Assembly President Pedro Agramunt encouraged Serbia, and other states in the region, to strengthen regional co-operation and pursue reconciliation efforts.
04/10/2016 | President
Addressing the Serbian National Assembly today, Pedro Agramunt commended Serbia’s approach to the refugee crisis, stressing that a year ago, the country was particularly affected by a massive arrival of migrants.
28/09/2016 | President
Speaking at the end of an official visit to Iceland (26-27 September), PACE President Pedro Agramunt praised the Icelandic authorities for the extent of their fulfillment of Council of Europe standards.
28/09/2016 | President
“The world has lost a man of dialogue, of principle and of conviction. Israel has lost one of its prominent figures. Our Assembly has lost a friend,” declared PACE President Pedro Agramunt, following the death of Shimon Peres.
28/09/2016 | President
Pedro Agramunt will make an official visit to Serbia on 3-4 October, during which he is due to meet notably the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the National Assembly.
15/09/2016 | President
“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.
13/09/2016 | President
PACE President Pedro Agramunt and Valentina Matvienko, Speaker of Russia's Federation Council, will meet in Strasbourg on 14 September, the day before the opening of the European Summit of Presidents of Parliament.
12/09/2016 | President
“In the current extremely strained context, human rights remain – more than ever – a major challenge”, said Pedro Agramunt at the opening of a colloquy in Paris, at the French National Assembly.
07/09/2016 | President
Speaking at the end of a two-day working visit to Moscow on 5 and 6 September, Pedro Agramunt stressed that the non-participation of Russian parliamentarians in PACE "benefits neither Russia nor the Assembly".
02/09/2016 | President
'The failure of the attempted coup d’Etat was a victory for democracy and all democratic means must be used to ensure there is no repeat of such a coup in the future,’ said Pedro Agramunt ending his visit to Ankara.
01/09/2016 | President
After his high level official visit to the Czech Republic, Pedro Agramunt commented that the spirit of Václav Havel was essential in today’s Europe as we face many challenges, including the migration and refugee crisis.