24/10/2014 | President
Anne Brasseur will be making an official visit to Spain on 30 and 31 October 2014. She will meet Pío Garcia Escudero, President of the Senate, and Jesús Maria Posada Moreno, President of the Congress of Deputies.
23/10/2014 | President
Parliamentary Assembly President Anne Brasseur has congratulated Jean-Claude Juncker and the members of the new European Commission on their election by the European Parliament on 22 October.
21/10/2014 | Election observation
An eleven-member delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly, headed by Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC), will be in Tunisia from 23 to 27 October to observe the 26 October parliamentary elections.
21/10/2014 | Election observation
A 36-member delegation, led by Christopher Chope, will observe the conduct of the early parliamentary elections alongside observers from the OSCE-PA, European Parliament, NATO-PA and OSCE-ODIHR.
18/10/2014 | President
Speaking at the Conference on the European Social Charter “Europe restarts in Turin”, Anne Brasseur recalled that social rights must be considered as fundamental human rights, indivisible, interdependent and complementary.
17/10/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
"Many austerity and fiscal consolidation programmes were implemented without prior consultation with social partners and are not in conformity with the European Social Charter,” stressed the Sub-committee.
15/10/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Nicosia (Cyprus) has exceptionally been awarded both the Flag and the Plaque of Honour of the Council of Europe at a ceremony on 10 October.
14/10/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“Young children are abused as child soldiers and trained by “IS” militants, and many, especially girls, are sold as slaves and sexually abused in the international conflict provoked by this terrorist group", Stella Kyriakides said today.
14/10/2014 | President
Following yesterday’s final decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Ilgar Mammadov, PACE President Anne Brasseur has called on the authorities to free him "without delay”.
14/10/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Spanish city of Lleida will receive the Plaque of Honour of the Council of Europe (awarded in 2012) at a ceremony on Thursday 16 October, by the former Spanish Deputy Llibert Cuatrecasas.
13/10/2014 | Election observation
While the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina were held in a competitive environment, the interethnic divide was a key factor. The lack of a shared vision in the country’s future hinders the reforms necessary.
10/10/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
PACE rapporteur Stella Kyriakides will make a fact-finding visit to Athens in the framework of the preparation of a report on “Improving children’s access to child-friendly health and social services”.