10/06/2015 | Election observation
Elections are the expression and cornerstone of democracy and they remain a necessary but not sufficient condition for democracy to thrive”, concluded the participants attending the conference on implementation of the right to free elections.
10/06/2015 | Parliamentary support
Elections are the expression and cornerstone of democracy and they remain a necessary but not sufficient condition for democracy to thrive”, concluded the participants attending the conference on implementation of the right to free elections.
09/06/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Tineke Strik, rapporteur on “Countries of transit: meeting new migration and asylum challenges” on behalf of PACE Migration Committee, will make a fact-finding visit to Morocco from 9 to 10 June.
08/06/2015 | Election observation
The Turkish elections were characterised by high participation and a wide choice among strong and active parties, but the 10 per cent threshold limited political pluralism, international election observers say.
08/06/2015 | Monitoring
Axel Fischer and Alan Meale co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the monitoring of Armenia, will make a fact-finding visit to Yerevan from 9 to 12 June 2015.
06/06/2015 | President
Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has joined the appeals for calm following yesterday's explosions at a rally of the HDP party in Diyarbakir.
05/06/2015 | Election observation
A 29-member delegation led by Tiny Kox is in Turkey from 5 to 8 June to observe the conduct of the parliamentary elections, alongside observers from the OSCE-PA and the OSCE-ODIHR.
05/06/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Two years after concerns were raised about new laws in Hungary, the committee has welcomed the measures taken by the authorities and urged continued dialogue with the Council of Europe.
05/06/2015 | Monitoring
At the end of his fact-finding visit to Sofia (2-5 June), Frano Matušic, rapporteur on post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria, welcomed the improved political climate after the October 2014 general elections.
05/06/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Participants at a discussion about the current political challenges and opportunities in the Mediterranean Region, held in Rome today, stressed the need for a Libyan-led political process.
04/06/2015 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“Self-regulation by the media is a means of reducing influence by the State and other sectors of society over media content,” said Volodymyr Ariev when presenting his report on to the Committee.
04/06/2015 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Alarmed by the number and magnitude of criminal attacks perpetrated in cyberspace, the committee adopted a report on increasing co-operation against cyber terrorism and other large-scale attacks on computer systems.