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President Agramunt calls for release of PACE member Nadiya Savchenko

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.

PACE elects a new Vice-President in respect of Spain

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.

Urgent debate on the situation of refugees and migrants under the EU-Turkey Agreement

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”.

PACE President calls for a common stand against terrorism

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.

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.

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).