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.
15/01/2015 | President
“Europe needs the Council of Europe more than ever,” said Anne Brasseur, speaking at the end of a three-day working visit to Berlin, during which she met the President, Speaker of Parliament and a number of ministers, among others.
14/01/2015 | President
“Yesterday, at the invitation of the President of the Bundestag, I joined the march for tolerance organised in Berlin by Muslim religious leaders in order to take a proactive stand against racism, hatred and intolerance," said Anne Brasseur.
14/01/2015 | News
Today’s talks in Berlin between Anne Brasseur and Norbert Lammert focused on the commitments all Council of Europe member states have made to uphold and promote human rights, the rule of law and democracy.
14/01/2015 | President
The Presidential Committee of PACE meets Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Groysman, among others, during a visit to Kyiv on 15-16 January.
12/01/2015 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Jean-Marie Bockel will be visiting Turkey from 18 to 20 January in the context of the preparation of his report on humanitarian consequences of the threats posed by the terrorist group Islamic State.
09/01/2015 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur is currently making an official visit to Germany. In Berlin, she met the President of the Federal Republic, the President of the Bundestag, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs (above).
08/01/2015 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
"We strongnly condemn the killings yesterday at the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, and we convey our condolences to the families and relatives of the victims," said Maria Giannakaki and Gvozden Srećko Flego.
08/01/2015 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
"We strongnly condemn the killings yesterday at the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, and we convey our condolences to the families and relatives of the victims," said Maria Giannakaki and Gvozden Srećko Flego.