30/08/2016 | Prizes
The selection panel of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, comprising independent figures from the world of human rights and chaired by the Pedro Agramunt, drew up the shortlist of candidatures in Prague today.
29/08/2016 | Monitoring
PACE President Pedro Agramunt is to meet Turkish leaders during a series of high-level meetings in Ankara on 1-2 September 2016.
29/08/2016 | Monitoring
President Pedro Agramunt is to meet Turkish leaders during a series of high-level meetings in Ankara on 1-2 September 2016.
29/08/2016 | President
Pedro Agramunt is to meet Turkish leaders during a series of high-level meetings in Ankara on 1-2 September. He will also attend a meeting of Presidents of international parliamentary assemblies.
26/08/2016 | Prizes
The Selection Panel of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, chaired by Pedro Agramunt, will meet on 30 August in Prague to determine a shortlist of three nominees.
26/08/2016 | President
Pedro Agramunt will make an official visit to the Czech Republic on 30-31 August during which he is due to meet notably the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and the Vice-Speaker of the Senate.
21/08/2016 | President
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Pedro Agramunt expressed his shock and sadness at the deaths in Turkey late Saturday evening, at a wedding in Gaziantep, southern Turkey.
11/08/2016 | Election observation
A PACE pre-electoral delegation headed by Gisela Wurm visited Minsk to assess the election campaign and the preparations for the parliamentary elections to be held on 11 September 2016.
05/08/2016 | Election observation
A five-member delegation led by Gisela Wurm will carry out a pre-electoral mission to Belarus on 9-10 August, to assess the election campaign and political climate prior to the parliamentary elections on 11 September.
01/08/2016 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day reminds us that there is still much to be done,” said the Parliamentary Assembly’s General Rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance, Milena Santerini.
29/07/2016 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The General Rapporteur on media freedom has asked for urgent clarification of the current situation regarding the closures of media outlets and the criminal prosecutions of journalists.
28/07/2016 | President
Parliamentarians speak out in support of the #NoHateNoFear initiative launched by Pedro Agramunt during the Assembly’s June plenary session. In a new video, they express why this message is so important to counter terrorism.