04/04/2017 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Egidijus Vareikis, rapporteur on "The humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine", will make a fact-finding visit to Kyiv and the Donbas from 5 to 7 April, as part of the preparation of his report.
03/04/2017 | Monitoring
At the end of their visit to Tbilisi, the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia, Boriss Cilevics and Kerstin Lundgren, welcomed the consistent progress made by the country in the honouring of its accession commitments.
03/04/2017 | Election observation
On the invitation of the Serbian authorities, a multiparty delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, led by Ingebjørg Godskesen, observed the Presidential election in Serbia on 2 April 2017.
03/04/2017 | Election observation
Despite legal and technical reforms to reduce electoral irregularities, the elections were tainted by credible information about vote-buying and pressure on voters, Assembly observers said.
03/04/2017 | President
PACE President Pedro Agramunt has strongly condemned the terrorist attack carried out today on the St Petersburg metro, said to have caused at least 10 deaths with dozens reportedly wounded.
31/03/2017 | President
Speaking at the end of his official visit to Malta (29-30 March), Pedro Agramunt, praised Malta's commitment to the Council of Europe’s values and standards and for being a strong voice for the human rights of the most vulnerable
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.