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The need for closer co-operation with diaspora communities to improve integration policies

19/04/2016 | Culture, Science, Education and Media

The Committee on Culture and Education believes that in framing their integration policies governments should involve the educational and cultural networks of diaspora communities to a much greater extent.

Jean-Claude Juncker: ‘The Council of Europe, a major partner of the EU’

19/04/2016 | Session

“The Council of Europe and the European Union are built on the same foundations and the same ideals,” said Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, addressing today the Assembly.

Committee points to ‘climate of pervading fear’ in Chechen Republic

19/04/2016 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights

The committee has pointed to “a climate of pervading fear in an atmosphere of personalisation of power” in the Chechen Republic and said that recommendations it made remain “largely unimplemented”.

Girona in Spain is the winner of the 2016 Europe Prize

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.

Council of Europe Secretary General’s dialogue with the members of the Assembly

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.

Working towards a quality education for democratic citizenship

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.

A road-map for preventing the radicalisation of children

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.

‘Ukraine must remain high on our agenda’

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.

‘Ukraine must remain high on our 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.

Nils Muižnieks: ‘Don’t give up the fight for human rights in Europe’

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.

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.