26/06/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today elected, at the opening of its Summer 2017 Session, two new Vice-Presidents: Arpine Hovhannisyan (Armenia, EPP/CD) and Valeriu Ghiletchi (Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD).
26/06/2017 | Transparency and Integrity
PACE today ratified the decision to appoint Sir Nicolas Bratza, Jean-Louis Bruguière and Elisabeth Fura as members of the independent external investigation body looking into alleged corruption at the Assembly. It will now start work.
26/06/2017 | Elections
The 25 June parliamentary elections in Albania took place following a political agreement between the leaders of the Socialist Party (SP) and Democratic Party (DP) that secured the participation of the opposition.
23/06/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Three personalities who have suffered in different ways from recent terror attacks in the United Kingdom, yet work to counter extremism, are to address a special hearing of Political Affairs Committee in Strasbourg, on Wednesday 28 June.
21/06/2017 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan by PACE, Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, visited Baku from 12 to 14 June. They discussed respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.
20/06/2017 | Elections
A PACE delegation, led by Paolo Corsini, will travel to Albania from 23 to 26 June to observe the conduct of the parliamentary elections, alongside observers from other international organisations.
20/06/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Volodymyr Ariev, PACE General Rapporteur on Media Freedom and the Safety of Journalists, has expressed concern at the fate of journalist Afqan Mukhtarli, who was reported missing in Tbilisi on 29 May.
20/06/2017 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“European countries should make more of an effort to receive and host people in need of international protection in a dignified way," said Sahiba Gafarova, speaking on World Refugee Day.
19/06/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“Last night, Europe witnessed yet another attack against innocent people, a group of Muslim worshippers who were hurt by a van as they left a London mosque,” said Mogens Jensen, Chair of the Political Affairs Committee.
17/06/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl,” declared Mogens Jensen, Chair of PACE's Political Affairs Committee, speaking on Friday.
15/06/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy
"A strong democracy is the best anti-corruption tool. Unacceptable behaviour fosters populism," said Michele Nicoletti, presenting his report on 'Promoting integrity in governance to tackle political corruption'.
13/06/2017 | Parliamentary support
The ability of Ukraine’s parliament to pass laws that are in line with Council of Europe standards has been given a major boost with three “capacity-building” events focusing on the standards of the European Convention of Human Rights.