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The functioning of democratic institutions in Poland: visit by co-rapporteurs

30/03/2017 | Monitoring

Yves Cruchten and Thierry Mariani, co-rapporteurs for the Parliamentary Assembly on ‘The functioning of democratic institutions in Poland’, will make a fact-finding visit to Warsaw from 3 to 5 April.

PACE to observe presidential election in Serbia

29/03/2017 | Election observation

A 12-member delegation of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), led by Ingebjørg Godskesen (Norway, EC), will travel to Serbia to observe the conduct of the presidential election on 2 April.

‘Inclusion and integration are the key to combat radicalisation’

28/03/2017 | President

"Inclusion and integration are the key to combat radicalisation leading to terrorism", PACE President said today addressing in Saint Petersburg the International Parliamentary Conference on Combating Terrorism.

PACE to observe parliamentary elections in Armenia

28/03/2017 | Election observation

A 22-member delegation, led by Liliane Maury-Pasquier, will travel to Armenia to observe the conduct of the elections, on 2 April, alongside observers from the OSCE-PA, the European Parliament and the OSCE-ODIHR.

Co-rapporteurs carry out a monitoring visit to Georgia

27/03/2017 | Monitoring

Boriss Cilevics (Latvia, SOC) and Kerstin Lundgren (Sweden, ALDE), co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Georgia, are to make a fact-finding visit to the country from 28 to 30 March.

Call for immediate release of detained Belarusian activists

27/03/2017 | Political Affairs and Democracy

Andrea Rigoni (ALDE, Italy), following his fact-finding visit to Minsk on 23-24 March 2017, called on the authorities to immediately release all those who have been detained in connection with the March demonstrations.

No Hate Parliamentary Alliance: places of remembrance and cultural institutions

27/03/2017 | Equality and Non-Discrimination

Once again we are witnessing "a very worrisome spike in antisemitic, anti-Roma, islamophobic and especially anti-refugees and migrants rhetoric", Valeriu Nicolae told members of the No Hate Alliance on 21 March.

‘We must continue our dialogue, focusing on issues of mutual interest', President says in St Petersburg

27/03/2017 | President

Addressing the press in St Petersburg, the PACE President this morning referred to the relationship between the Assembly and the Russian Parliament, expressing his conviction that dialogue must continue.

Contestants in Bulgarian elections could reach out to voters freely, but some recommendations remain to be...

27/03/2017 | Election observation

Contestants in Bulgaria’s elections could reach out to voters freely, while the low-key campaign was generally characterised by public disillusionment with politics and election weariness, observers concluded.

Rapporteur calls for the release of detained Belarusian and Russian journalists

27/03/2017 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

Volodymyr Ariev today strongly condemned the arrest of hundreds of demonstrators in Belarus and throughout Russia and called on the authorities of both countries to immediate release the journalists detained.

President to the CIS Assembly: 'We pursue the same objectives'

27/03/2017 | President

Addressing the Inter-parliamentary Assembly of member nations of the CIS, the PACE President today welcomed the close co-operation developed during the last 20 years between the two bodies.

Co-rapporteurs express concern at the detention and conviction of protesters including Alexei Navalny

27/03/2017 | Monitoring

The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of the Russian Federation, Theodora Bakoyannis and Liliane Maury Pasquier expressed their concern at the arrest and detention of protesters following country-wide anti-corruption protests.