19/04/2016 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Participants at a joint Parliamentary Assembly hearing on “The conflict in Eastern Ukraine: political and human rights concerns” agreed that it was important to keep the situation in Ukraine high on the agenda.
18/04/2016 | President
At the beginning of the April 2016 part-session, I have to reiterate my serious concerns about the situation of our member, Nadiya Savchenko, who remains in detention in the Russian Federation, said PACE President.
18/04/2016 | Session
The Assembly elected, at the opening of its Spring 2016 Session, Antonio Gutiérrez Limones as a new Vice-President of the Assembly in respect of Spain. Twenty Vice-Presidents are elected annually.
18/04/2016 | Session
Adopting its final agenda at the opening of the session, the Assembly decided to hold a current affairs debate on “The case of the 'Panama Papers' and the concern about fiscal, social justice and public trust in our democratic system”.
18/04/2016 | Session
"After a barbaric attack, the most immediate reaction is to step up security measures at the expense of individual freedom, but this can have dangerous consequences," said the PACE President.
18/04/2016 | Session
“2015 was a year of fear and insecurity in Europe. The conflict in eastern Ukraine and ongoing economic malaise were overshadowed by a sense of vulnerability to terrorist threats”, said Nils Muižnieks.
18/04/2016 | Session
“We should use the Panama papers to talk about the principle of tax evasion in general and the harm it does to prosperity in all our societies”, Stefan Shennach said today at the opening of a current affairs debate.
18/04/2016 | President
In April 2015, the world was horrified by the catastrophic loss of life during a single incident of a vessel capsizing in the Mediterranean Sea. Almost a year later reports emerge that a boat capsized with heavy loss of life.
18/04/2016 | Session
Migration, the response to terror and conflicts in Europe were once again major themes during the debate on the progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee since the last session.
15/04/2016 | Monitoring
Jordi Xuclà is currently making a fact-finding visit to Monaco, on behalf of the Monitoring Committee, during which he will meet, in particular, the Head of State HSH Prince Albert II and the Government Counsellor for External Relations.
14/04/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Two rapporteurs have expressed concern at the suspension, by the Prosecutor installed in Crimea by the Russian Federation, of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars, the executive body of the Tatar people.
14/04/2016 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Two rapporteurs have expressed concern at the suspension, by the Prosecutor installed in Crimea by the Russian Federation, of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars, the executive body of the Tatar people.