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
“We have joined our voice of solidarity the moment we have learned of the terror attacks and of the tragedy that befell Paris and its citizens”, Tseska Tsacheva today said at the opening of the Standing Committee meeting in Sofia.
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 parliamentary elections of 4 October in Kyrgyzstan were competitive and offered voters a wide choice; voters were able to choose freely from among a large number of candidates. Voting was also transparent.
27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
“Let's combat international terrorism while protecting our Council of Europe standards and values. These two elements are not contradictory – they should always go together,” said Tiny Kox today at the opening of a current affairs debate.
27/11/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“The problem of captured people during the conflict in Ukraine cannot be solved without a ceasefire, which unfortunately is continuing to be violated by the separatists,” said Nellija Kleinberga, ending a three-day visit to Ukraine.
27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
The parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan were “another step towards free, fair and democratic elections” and the result of the vote expressed the will of the Azerbaijani people, according to the final report of the PACE observer delegation.
27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
The early parliamentary elections held on 1 November in Turkey offered a wide range of political choices. However, the report states that the electoral campaign was characterised by unfairness.
27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
"The first statement I made in my capacity as Chairman of the Committee of Ministers was a message of sympathy and support for the French population and its authorities in this terrible ordeal," Daniel Mitov said today.
27/11/2015 | Monitoring
Co-rapporteurs for post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey have questioned the arrests of two prominent journalists, Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, as well as the eight-year sentence facing Bülent Keneş for "insulting the President".
27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
PACE proposed a set of measures, in order to maximise the benefits of migration between China and Europe. It called on member States to sign bilateral agreements with China on social security, education and other integration-related issues.
27/11/2015 | Standing Committee
Adopting unanimously a report prepared by Sahiba Gafarova, the Standing Committee stressed that all violence against women is a form of discrimination and a gross violation of human rights.