02/10/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The town of Longueau will receive the PACE Flag of Honour on Sunday 4 October. Edeltraud Gatterer, PACE Honorary Member will present this distinction to reward the European efforts of this city.
01/10/2015 | Session
Religious communities should be able to exercise the right to freedom of religion “without impediment and without discrimination” and to practise their faith publicly and freely in accordance with their own rites, said PACE.
01/10/2015 | Elections
A 16-member PACE delegation led by Meritxell Mateu Pi will be in the Kyrgyz Republic from 2 to 5 October to observe the conduct of the parliamentary elections, alongside observers from OSCE-PA, OSCE-ODIHR and EP.
01/10/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Are refugees welcome? Tim Finch, former director of communication of the Refugee Council and IPPR, told the members of the Alliance that the attitude of authorities, media and people have been inconsistent.
01/10/2015 | Session
“Serbia has become one of the pillars of stability in the Balkans. We have contributed a lot to what is at least a peaceful environment - although the region is still fragile,” the Prime Minister of Serbia said, addressing the Assembly.
01/10/2015 | President
Raising the issue with the head of the Turkish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, President Anne Brasseur called on the authorities to promptly conduct a thorough and comprehensive investigation.
01/10/2015 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly held a free debate on current issues not included in the session agenda. The first speaker, Ertuğrul Kürkçü (Turkey, UEL), referred to the situation in Turkey.
01/10/2015 | Session
The Assembly has begun a series of “periodic reviews” which will assess how far Council of Europe member States are fulfilling their obligation to uphold the Organisation’s human rights and democratic standards.
01/10/2015 | Monitoring
Andorra is 'honouring its obligations to the Council of Europe overall' and has made “important reforms” to increase economic and fiscal transparency, but should do more to guarantee the independence of the media.
01/10/2015 | Monitoring
Belgium is 'honouring its obligations to the Council of Europe overall', and has made welcome efforts to build a political consensus on a more efficient federal state and greater autonomy for federal entities.
01/10/2015 | Monitoring
Cyprus can be considered as “globally honouring” its obligations to the Council of Europe, according to an evaluation from the PACE which has also strongly welcomed the recent renewed impetus to peace talks on the island.
01/10/2015 | Monitoring
Croatia has “globally honoured” its obligations to the Council of Europe, and has carried out comprehensive reforms to create stronger democratic institutions, but “challenges still remain”.