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PACE President welcomes the release of Azerbaijani civil society activist Arif Yunus

13/11/2015 | President

“I welcome the release of Arif Yunus on humanitarian grounds and hope that more prisoners will be released soon and especially those whose health condition is a matter of serious concern,” Anne Brasseur declared today.

PACE co-rapporteurs to make fact-finding visit to Montenegro

13/11/2015 | Monitoring

Terry Leyden and Ionut Marian Stroe, PACE co-rapporteurs for the post-monitoring dialogue with Montenegro, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 17 to 20 November 2015.

Seminar for staff of the Parliaments of Jordan and Lebanon and of the Palestinian Legislative Council

13/11/2015 | Parliamentary support

A capacity building seminar on Council of Europe Initiatives for Democracy, Rule of Law and Human Rights will be held in Strasbourg on 16 and 17 November.

PACE rapporteur urges Ukraine to continue on its European path

12/11/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy

Meeting with President Poroshenko, the rapporteur on the political consequences of the crisis in Ukraine, Krystýna Zelienkovà, urged the country to continue on its European path.

Albania: a rapporteur expresses deep concern over proposal on criminalisation of defamation

12/11/2015 | Monitoring

Andrej Hunko, monitoring rapporteur for Albania, has expressed his surprise at the draft amendments to the criminal code regarding “Defamation towards senior officials or elected officials.”

PACE rapporteur to meet President Poroshenko in Kyiv

10/11/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy

Krystýna Zelienkovà (Czech Republic, ALDE), Parliamentary Assembly rapporteur on the political consequences of the crisis in Ukraine, is to hold talks with President Poroshenko in Kyiv tomorrow.

President calls for probes to ‘root out corruption’ in all major sport federations

09/11/2015 | President

After the FIFA fiasco, I am appalled by the scandal at the IAAF, the world body for athletics,” said PACE President Anne Brasseur today, following revelations being published today in a report by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

The Council of Europe Plaque of Honour awarded to Terrassa (Spain)

09/11/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

Terrassa (Spain) will receive the Plaque of Honour of the PACE on Tuesday 10 November 2015. Jordi Xuclà (Spain, ALDE) will present this distinction to reward the European efforts of this city.

Rapporteur to ‘trace route’ recently taken by refugees and migrants through Western Balkans

06/11/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation

Tineke Strik is to see at first hand the situation of refugees and migrants crossing Europe during a three-day visit taking in three national frontiers and countries (“the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Serbia and Slovenia).

PACE President Anne Brasseur visits Brussels

06/11/2015 | President

Anne Brasseur will be in Brussels from 8-10 November to participate in the first meeting of the European Commission's High-level Group on Grassroots Sport. She will also meet Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

Georgia monitors deeply concerned by court decision allowing change of management at Rustavi 2

06/11/2015 | Monitoring

"This decision in effect allows for a change of editorial policy at Rustavi 2, while the appeals process is on-going. This unduly impacts the pluralism of the media environment in Georgia," the co-rapporteurs said.

Impact of measures to improve women's political representation: rapporteur to make visit to Sweden

06/11/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination

Elena Centemero will travel to Sweden on 10-11 November for a fact-finding visit in the context of the preparation of her report on “Assessing the impact of measures to improve women's political representation”.