27/05/2016 | President
A PACE delegation chaired by its President Pedro Agramunt will visit several refugee camps in Athens and on Lesvos on 30-31 May. On this occasion, President Pedro Agramunt will hold a meeting with Alexis Tsipras and Nikolaos Voutsis.
27/05/2016 | Standing Committee
"Estonia is taking over the Council of Europe Chairmanship at a very difficult time, with hostilities being renewed between some member States, and the threat of terrorism creating a sense of insecurity", said Pedro Agramunt.
27/05/2016 | Monitoring
The committee declassified an information note of the co-rapporteurs Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, on Mr Schennach’s three-day fact-finding visit to the country (6-8 April 2016).
27/05/2016 | Standing Committee
The Foreign Minister Marina Kaljurand gave a detailed overview of the country’s priorities for its Chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers: human rights and rule of law on the Internet, gender equality and children’s rights.
27/05/2016 | Standing Committee
“Integration is important in terms of our national security, it makes sense politically and economically, but it also helps advance the values we share and provides an important societal and cultural connection,” said the Speaker of the Riigikogu Eiki Nestor.
27/05/2016 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee, meeting in Tallinn, called on member states to foster city-to-city co-operation in the field of culture, so as to re-energise democracy, increase the stability of regions and restore confidence in Europe.
27/05/2016 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee, meeting in Tallinn, expressed its concern at the frequent use of excessive force against peaceful demonstrators and at the recent restrictions on the right to freedom of assembly in several member States.
27/05/2016 | Standing Committee
“Corruption must no longer be considered as a crime without victims, for it undermines the rule of law and access to public resources” said today in Tallinn, Marin Mrčela, President of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO).
27/05/2016 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Bernd Fabritius, rapporteur on “Strengthening the rule of law in South-East European countries through targeted reform of the legal system”, has praised the work of Romania’s National Anti-corruption Directorate.
26/05/2016 | Monitoring
The latest developments pertaining to freedom of the media and of expression, erosion of the rule of law and alleged human rights violations "constitute a threat to the functioning of democratic institutions", according to the committee.
25/05/2016 | President
"The release of my fellow PACE member Nadiia Savchenko is excellent news," said Pedro Agramunt. "I commend both Russia and Ukraine for making this possible, and I look forward to welcoming her in Strasbourg soon", he added.
25/05/2016 | President
Pedro Agramunt, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, has welcomed the decision today of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan to release investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova.