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President condemns the bombing on the St Petersburg metro

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.

Malta: ‘a strong voice for the human rights of the most vulnerable’

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

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 | Elections

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 | Elections

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.

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.

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.

Older persons: measures enabling them to live in dignity

27/03/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

The Committee on Social Affairs called on European governments "to take measures with a view to combating ageism, improving care for older persons and preventing their social exclusion".