24/01/2017 | Session
PACE has expressed its concern at the many cases of serious threats to media freedom in Europe listed by the Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists, set up by the Council of Europe.
23/01/2017 | Session
Adopting its final agenda, the Assembly decided to hold an urgent debate on the need to reform European migration policies and a current affairs debate on the situation in Syria and its effects upon surrounding countries.
23/01/2017 | Session
At the opening of its Winter plenary Session today, the Parliamentary Assembly elected its Vice-Presidents. The seats for the Vice-Presidents in respect of the Republic of Moldova and Romania remain vacant.
23/01/2017 | Session
Re-elected President of PACE for a second one-year term at the opening of the winter session in Strasbourg, Pedro Agramunt presented his political priorities for 2017 with a plea in favour of parliamentary diplomacy.
23/01/2017 | Session
The credentials of the new Slovak delegation have been challenged on the opening day of the session on the grounds that it does not contain at least one Representative who is a member of “the under-represented sex”.
23/01/2017 | Session
“The main theme we have chosen for our chairmanship is the strengthening of democratic security in Europe,” said Ioannis Kasoulides, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cyprus and Chair of the Committee of Ministers.
21/01/2017 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE rapporteurs have expressed their deep concern at a decision by Russia's Constitutional Court that a European Court of Human Rights ruling on the payment of compensation to YUKOS shareholders should not be enforced.
19/01/2017 | Monitoring
“It is essential to give a renewed impetus to the reform processes and pursue dialogue with the authorities", declared Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, after their fact-finding visit to Baku from 12 to 14 January.
16/01/2017 | Prizes
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in partnership with the Vaclav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation, has today issued a call for nominations for the 2017 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize.
16/01/2017 | Session
Debates on attacks against journalists and media freedom in Europe, the challenges and accountability of online media and journalism, and the need to end cyberdiscrimination and online hate speech will be at the heart of the session.
13/01/2017 | President
Ending his visit, Mr Agramunt spoke in favour of the continuation of contact between parliamentarians of all Council of Europe member States. "The voice of MPs from all Europe's 47 countries must be heard in the Assembly", he said.
13/01/2017 | Monitoring
“Turkey is going through a crucial moment in its political history, reshaping its constitution while coping with the consequences of the on-going state of emergency,” said Ingebjørg Godskesen and Marianne Mikko.