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Pedro Agramunt in Hungary urges European solidarity: ‘No country can solve the challenges we face alone’

06/04/2016 | President

Pedro Agramunt called for a comprehensive pan-European approach to meeting the challenges of the refugee crisis, and the threat of terrorism and radicalisation, as well as finding solutions to “frozen conflicts”.

PACE monitor to visit Azerbaijan

04/04/2016 | Monitoring

Stefan Schennach, co-rapporteur for the monitoring of Azerbaijan by the PACE, is to make a fact-finding visit to the country from 6 to 8 April 2016.

PACE President calls for respect of cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh

03/04/2016 | President

PACE President Pedro Agramunt has called on both sides to swiftly resume negotiations towards a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Human rights violations in Eastern Ukraine and political consequences of the conflict: rapporteurs to visit...

01/04/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy

PACE rapporteurs Marieluise Beck and Kristýna Zelienková will make a joint fact-finding visit to Kyiv, Mariupol and Dnipropetrovsk from 4 to 7 April, in the context of the preparation of their respective reports.

Human rights violations in Eastern Ukraine and political consequences of the conflict: rapporteurs to visit...

01/04/2016 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

PACE rapporteurs Marieluise Beck and Kristýna Zelienková will make a joint fact-finding visit to Kyiv, Mariupol and Dnipropetrovsk from 4 to 7 April, in the context of the preparation of their respective reports.

PACE delegation on pre-electoral visit to Serbia

01/04/2016 | Election observation

A delegation comprising five members and headed by Volodymyr Ariev, will make a pre-electoral visit to Serbia from 4 to 6 April to assess the electoral campaign and the political climate prior to the early parliamentary elections.

PACE President to visit Hungary

31/03/2016 | President

Pedro Agramunt will make a visit to Hungary from 3 to 5 April, during which he will meet, in particular, the President of the Republic, the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

PACE President: release of Intigam Aliyev is a welcome judicial step

28/03/2016 | President

“The release of the human rights defender Intigam Aliyev is an important step for the judiciary in Azerbaijan, which needs to be strengthened and needs to act with genuine independence,” said Pedro Agramunt.

Refugees and migrants in the Western Balkans: the need for collective action and equitable sharing of...

22/03/2016 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation

Europe has so far failed to find a proper, sustainable response to the refugee and migration crisis in the Western Balkans. Mutual trust and confidence have been undermined by unilateral actions, said the committee, meeting in Tbilisi.

President shocked by attacks in Brussels

22/03/2016 | President

“I am deeply shocked by the attacks in Brussels that killed so many people and left many others injured,” said Pedro Agramunt. “These attacks, at the heart of Europe, are a direct attack on our European values and freedoms”.

Call for a stronger European response to the Syrian refugee crisis

22/03/2016 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation

Those fleeing conflict in Syria are entitled to international protection which is best provided in countries close to home. These neighbouring countries cannot provide that protection without extensive external support.

Committee calls for the immediate release of Nadiya Savchenko and people captured during conflict in Ukraine

22/03/2016 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation

The committee adopted a text on the humanitarian concerns as regards the captured people in Ukraine, in which it asked the Russian Federation to release Ms Savchenko and other illegally detained Ukrainian prisoners.