01/10/2025 | Session
At the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, Maltese Deputy Prime Minister Ian Borg highlighted the Committee of Ministers’ achievements and the priorities of the Maltese Presidency. Towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine In his address, Minister Borg spoke of the Special Tribunal on...
01/10/2025 | Session
The Assembly today inaugurated the annual “Victory for Viktoria” commemoration to honour war correspondents and journalists who risk, and often lose, their lives defending the right to information and truth in conflict zones. During the opening of the event in Strasbourg, PACE President Theodoros...
01/10/2025 | Session
Young people across Europe are “among the most active defenders and imaginative builders” of democracy, human rights the rule of law, according to PACE, and they should be treated “not with repression or indifference, but with recognition, protection and support”. Adopting a resolution based on...
01/10/2025 | Session
At its plenary session in Strasbourg, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) decided today to close the post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria and to follow the developments in the country in the framework of its periodic reviews. It welcomed the fact that Bulgaria had...
01/10/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
“It is essential that women who are victims of violence in Latvia can benefit from the protection and support mechanisms of the Istanbul Convention,” said the Chairperson of PACE's Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, Catia Polidori (Italy, EPP/CD). “Members of Parliament sent a strong...
30/09/2025 | Session
Addressing the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe today, the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stressed the preparedness of the people of Armenia to safeguard democracy, fight human rights violations and nurture the “newborn peace” with the help of the Council of Europe and...
30/09/2025 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today re-elected Despina Chatzivassiliou to the post of Secretary General of the Assembly. She will serve a second five-year term starting on 1 March 2026. Addressing the Assembly members upon her election, she said: “Your cross-party...
30/09/2025 | Session
Joint statement by the Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Maulen Ashimbayev, and the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Theodoros Rousopoulos, on 30 September 2025, on the occasion of the Assembly’s debate on democratic reforms...
30/09/2025 | Session
"Kazakhstan has decisively and irreversibly embarked on the path of democratic transformation," today said Maulen Ashimbayev, Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan, adressing the Assembly in the framework of a debate on its support for democratic reforms in the country. "Democratic reform is a...
30/09/2025 | Session
“The situation in Türkiye is extremely worrying,” said Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), opening a current affairs debate today on Democracy, the rule of law and inclusive dialogue in Türkiye during the Assembly’s autumn plenary session in Strasbourg. “Türkiye is increasingly reaching the lower...
30/09/2025 | Session
PACE today stressed the importance of supporting Kazakhstan in its path of democratic transformation. “Kazakhstan has shown commitment to reform, and it is crucial that this momentum be sustained and strengthened,” said the Assembly. Adopting the resolution, based on the report by Zsolt Németh...
30/09/2025 | Rules, Ethics and Immunities
At its meeting on Tuesday 30 September in Strasbourg, the Committee on Rules, Ethics, and Immunities emphasised the importance of the Assembly’s members' active commitment at a time when multilateralism and democracy are under strain. Participation lends legitimacy to the Assembly's decisions; it...