26/01/2015 | Session
According to PACE, the parliamentary elections of 26 October 2014 in Tunisia were “free, inclusive and transparent” and marked a “crucial stage” in the post-revolution transition of the country.
26/01/2015 | Session
PACE welcomed “the satisfactory conduct of the presidential election in Tunisia” (23 November and 21 December 2014) and the high voter turnout, marking “a new milestone in the democratic transition of the country”.
26/01/2015 | Session
According to PACE, the parliamentary elections of 30 November 2014 in the Republic of Moldova were free, “generally well organised” and “characterised by a wide choice of political alternatives”.
26/01/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“On 7 January we lost some of our most brilliant cartoonists - those who mocked politicians, religions, and all sorts of symbols, denouncing those who use them wrongly or to oppress others” said Caroline Fourest.
26/01/2015 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“On 7 January we lost some of our most brilliant cartoonists - those who mocked politicians, religions, and all sorts of symbols, denouncing those who use them wrongly or to oppress others” said Caroline Fourest.
24/01/2015 | President
Reacting to the recent escalation of violence in Eastern Ukraine which has already lead to heavy casualties among civilians in Donetsk and in Mariupol, Anne Brasseur reiterated her call on all sides to stop the fighting.
23/01/2015 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Following the attacks on the offices of Charlie Hebdo and the kosher supermarket and in Montrouge, what conclusions can we draw? Two committees will look into these issues at a parliamentary hearing on Monday 26 January.
23/01/2015 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Following the attacks on the offices of Charlie Hebdo and the kosher supermarket and in Montrouge, what conclusions can we draw? Two committees will look into these issues at a parliamentary hearing on Monday 26 January.
21/01/2015 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur has asked Russian Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin for his assistance in securing the urgent release of detained Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, in time to allow her to be present for the January session.
20/01/2015 | Session
An urgent debate following the Paris terrorist attacks, and debates on the protection of media freedom in Europe and on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, are among highlights of the session taking place in Strasbourg.
16/01/2015 | News
“Ukraine needs Europe and Europe needs to support Ukraine,” said Anne Brasseur, speaking at the end of a two-day working visit to Kyiv (15-16 January) together with leaders of the Assembly’s political groups.
15/01/2015 | Prizes
PACE has today issued a call for nominations for the 2015 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, which will be awarded for the third consecutive year on 28 September next in Strasbourg.