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Stefan Shennach: “We should use the Panama papers to talk about the principle of tax evasion”

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.

PACE President, ahead of debates on migration and asylum: ‘They are still dying out there’

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.

PACE reviews the work of its subsidiary bodies since last session

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.

Jordi Xuclà to visit Monaco

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.

Rapporteurs concerned by the suspension of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis

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.

Rapporteurs concerned by the suspension of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis

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.

Statement by PACE monitor, ending visit to Azerbaijan

12/04/2016 | Monitoring

Stefan Schennach, co-rapporteur for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, has expressed strong concern at the recent escalation of the situation along the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Rapporteurs in eastern Ukraine worried about worsening security situation

08/04/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy

Marieluise Beck and Kristýna Zelienková, ending a four-day fact-finding visit to Kiyv, Mariupol and Dnipropetrovsk, have expressed their concern at the renewed deterioration of the security situation along the contact line.

PACE rapporteurs in eastern Ukraine worried about worsening security situation

08/04/2016 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Marieluise Beck and Kristýna Zelienková, ending a four-day fact-finding visit to Kiyv, Mariupol and Dnipropetrovsk, have expressed their concern at the renewed deterioration of the security situation along the contact line.

The Session: speeches by the Presidents of Austria and the European Commission, and the Prime Ministers of...

08/04/2016 | Session

The President of Austria, the President of the European Commission, and the Prime Ministers of Georgia and Turkey are among leading personalities due to address the Parliamentary Assembly during its spring session (18-22 April 2016).

Milena Santerini: ‘Learning from the past to build a better future with Roma’

07/04/2016 | Equality and Non-Discrimination

In 2016 Roma and Travellers in Europe are still discriminated against, stigmatised and targeted by hate speech,” said Milena Santerini, General Rapporteur on combating against racism and intolerance, to mark International Roma Day.

Statement of the PACE pre-electoral mission to Serbia

06/04/2016 | Election observation

A cross-party “pre-electoral” PACE delegation visited Serbia from 3 to 6 April 2016 to evaluate the state of preparations and the political climate in the run-up to the early parliamentary elections on 24 April.