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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.