03/12/2015 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
In adopting a report by Jacques Legendre, the committee welcomed the development by the Council of Europe of a European Framework of Competences for a culture of democracy and intercultural dialogue.
02/12/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Too often, persons with disabilities face difficulties in accessing employment, education or participating in public life, said Gülsün Bilgehan, on the eve of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
02/12/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Following her visit to Norway, Maryvonne Blondin provided information, in the context of the preparation of her report on protecting women against violence in the armed forces, as part of a hearing today in Paris.
01/12/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Axel E. Fischer and Jean-Claude Frécon presented the Trophy of the PACE Europe Prize to Fredrik Nelander, Mayor of Vara, in the presence of local authorities, associations and population.
01/12/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur will visit a reception centre for refugees and asylum seekers in Vienna on 4 December. She will also participate in a workshop on Democracy, organised by the Austrian Parliament
30/11/2015 | President
“I was impressed by the genuine European commitment of the Bulgarian authorities. I saw that Bulgaria has a truly European heart in the heart of the Balkans". Many of our member states may learn from the practices introduced in Bulgaria.
30/11/2015 | News
The Italian delegation to PACE is organising a conference “The Conscience of Europe” to mark the 65th anniversary of the signature of the European Convention on Human Rights in Rome on 1 December. In the presence of the President of the Republic, the Chairperson of the Italian delegation to...
27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
Anne Brasseur today opened a meeting of the Standing Committee in Sofia by calling for a minute of silence to pay tribute to the victims of the "barbaric" terrorist attacks against France and Russia earlier this month.
27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
PACE has called for a Council of Europe Summit of Heads of State and Government so that member States can reaffirm, at the highest political level, “their commitment to the common values and principles upheld by the Organisation”.
27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
The presidential election of 11 October 2015 showed that Belarus still has a considerable way to go in honouring its commitment to hold democratic elections.
27/11/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A delegation of parliamentarians, led by Axel E. Fischer, will present the Europe Prize to to Fredrik Nelander, Mayor of Vara (Sweden), the Prize-winner for 2015 (with Dresden in Germany), on Sunday 29 November 2015.
27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
The credentials of the new United Kingdom delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly were challenged on procedural grounds at the opening of PACE’s Standing Committee meeting today in Sofia.