13/06/2025 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Edite Estrela (Portugal, SOC) and Sabina Ćudić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, ALDE), have expressed deep concern about the continuing crackdown on political dissent in Georgia, including the...
11/06/2025 | Children of Ukraine
A three-member delegation from PACE’s Parliamentary Network on the situation of the children of Ukraine carried out a fact-finding visit to Ukraine on 9-10 June 2025 where topics discussed included the situation of deported Ukrainian children, measures being taken to sanction those responsible...
11/06/2025 | President
Theodoros Rousopoulos, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will make a working visit to Bulgaria on 13-14 June 2025. During his visit, President Rousopoulos will meet with the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the National Assembly and representatives of the...
06/06/2025 | Parliamentary support
On 4 June 2025 Rachid Talbi El Alami, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Morocco, presided over the inauguration of the ‘MediaBox’, a new audiovisual studio designed to enhance parliamentary communication, located in the Moroccan Parliament. The ceremony was attended by the heads of...
06/06/2025 | Prizes
Mayors from across Europe, leading officials from the Council of Europe and parliamentarians gathered in Donostia/San Sebastián in Spain today to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Europe Prize during a series of commemorative events. The Prize, created by the Parliamentary Assembly of the...
04/06/2025 | Monitoring
Lord David Blencathra (United Kingdom, ECPA) and Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Türkiye, will make a fact-finding visit to Ankara and Istanbul from 10 to 13 June...
03/06/2025 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
A launch meeting for the new PACE Parliamentary Alliance for Good Governance and Integrity in Sport took place in Trondheim, Norway, dedicated to the theme of “rebuilding trust” in the integrity of sport and promoting the values of fair play and transparency in the bodies that govern world sport...
02/06/2025 | Elections
Yesterday’s presidential run-off in Poland was competitive and well managed, but the longstanding polarisation between the country’s two main political camps and media bias contributed to an intensely contested campaign amidst ongoing controversies over the independence of some key electoral...
02/06/2025 | Prizes
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly presented the third 'Human Rights in Motion' Award at the Kraków Film Festival on Sunday, 1 June. The international jury selected The Gardener, the Buddhist and the Spy, a documentary by Håvard Bustnes, as the winner. The Human Rights in Motion Award...
30/05/2025 | Prizes
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) will mark the 70th anniversary of the Europe Prize with a conference and a special ceremony organised with the municipality of Donostia/San Sebastián (Spain) on Friday 6 June 2025. In the morning, members of the PACE Sub-Committee on the Europe...
30/05/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“I express in the strongest possible terms my deep concern and unequivocal condemnation of the recent decision by an Egyptian court to suspend the operation of the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine, confiscate its property, and expel its monastic community. This act is a direct affront to...
30/05/2025 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The Committee on Political Affairs, meeting on 27 May in Chania (Greece), expressed concern about the dramatic situation of Ukrainian prisoners of war, “subjected to summary executions, widespread and systematic torture and ill-treatment, amounting to war crimes”. Adopting the report by...