19/04/2016 | Session
The 2016 Europe Prize - the highest level of the Prize which is awarded each year by the PACE to the town most active in promoting the European ideal - has been awarded to the town of Girona.
19/04/2016 | Session
Thorbjørn Jagland today answered the parliamentarians’ questions during a question and answer exercise as part of the Parliamentary Assembly’s spring session.
19/04/2016 | Session
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly today elected Marko Bošnjak as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Slovenia. Mr Bošnjak has obtained an absolute majority of votes cast.
19/04/2016 | Session
In adopting a resolution based on a report by Jacques Legendre, the Assembly welcomed the development by the '47' of a European Framework of Competences for a culture of democracy and intercultural dialogue.
19/04/2016 | Session
The Assembly has spelled out a series of measures to prevent the radicalisation of children by fighting the root causes. Prevention is key to stopping young people being drawn to violent extremism, PACE said.
19/04/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
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.
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.