09/10/2014 | Election observation
The election campaign is being conducted in very challenging circumstances, due to the continuing war in the eastern part of Ukraine and the Russian illegal annexation of Crimea, a PACE pre-electoral delegation said.
08/10/2014 | Election observation
A 30-member led by Tiny Kox (Netherlands, UEL), will be in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 9 to 13 October to observe the holding of the general elections, alongside observers from the OSCE-PA and the ODIHR.
06/10/2014 | Session
Council of Europe member states should introduce and enforce laws banning the detention of children for immigration reasons. This is “a clear and unequivocal child rights violation”, PACE said.
06/10/2014 | Election observation
Although Bulgaria’s elections were well administered and fundamental freedoms respected, allegations of irregularities affected public confidence in the integrity of the process, international observers said.
06/10/2014 | President
Speaking at a conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the European Pharmacopoeia, Anne Brasseur called it a Council of Europe “success story”. The positive impact on public health activities is undeniable, she said.
03/10/2014 | President
Anne Brasseur today decisively condemned the violations of the ceasefire in the east of Ukraine. She expressed her indignation that despite the ceasefire and numerous calls to respect it, fighting continued.
03/10/2014 | Session
PACE has welcomed Albania’s “marked progress” in honouring its Council of Europe obligations and commitments, but regrets that many important reforms were delayed or negatively affected by the political crisis.
03/10/2014 | President
The Assembly stood for a minute of silence today in memory of the lives lost in the Mediterranean, exactly one year to the day after 368 Eritrean refugees and migrants drowned off the Italian island of Lampedusa.
03/10/2014 | Session
The Assembly has asked member States to ensure that all breast cancer patients have effective access, wherever their place of residence, to quality-assured diagnosis and treatment.
03/10/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Hungarian city of Ajka is to be awarded the Council of Europe Plaque of Honour on 4 October. It is Edeltraud Gatterer, former Austrian Deputy and Honorary Member of the Assembly, who will present the Plaque.
02/10/2014 | Election observation
A delegation led by Christopher Chope will carry out a pre-electoral mission to Ukraine on 7-8 October, to assess the election campaign and political climate prior to the early parliamentary elections on 26 October.
02/10/2014 | Session
The situation of religious and ethnic communities in the Middle East in general and in Iraq and Syria in particular has “evolved from alarming to desperate”, the Parliamentary Assembly said today.