20/06/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Council of Europe Flag of honour will be awarded to the Polish municipality of Bielsko-Biała on Saturday 21 June during its twin-town festival by the former Italian Senator and honorary Member of the PACE, Renzo Gubert.
20/06/2014 | Session
The Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will address the Parliamentary Assembly on Thursday 26 June 2014 in Strasbourg, in the context of PACE Summer Session taking place from 23 to 27 June.
20/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
“The situation of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan has dramatically deteriorated since my last visit to this country in November 2013”, said PACE rapporteur Mailis Reps (Estonia, ALDE).
20/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Marietta Karamanli, rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty, expressed dismay about the executions in the United States and deplores that Florida, Georgia and Missouri have executed three death row inmates, within 24 hours.
19/06/2014 | President
World Refugee Day (20 June), is an occasion to reflect and act. Conflicts continue to rage across the globe, bringing flows of asylums seekers, refugees and displaced persons said Anne Brasseur.
18/06/2014 | President
"I am gravely concerned by what continues to develop in Ukraine and its borders," Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said today.
17/06/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur of the Migration Committee, will make a fact-finding visit to Ankara on 18-19 June, in the context of the preparation of his report on “Democratic participation for migrant diaspora”.
16/06/2014 | Session
The election of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, an address by the President of Azerbaijan, a debate on 'left-to-die boat' and on large-scale arrival of mixed migratory flows in Italy are among the highlights of the session.
13/06/2014 | Monitoring
Axel Fischer and Alan Meale, PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia, will make a fact-finding visit to Yerevan from 16 to 18 June. Talks are notably scheduled with the President of the Republic and the President of the National Assembly.
12/06/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Council of Europe Flag of Honour will be awarded to the French municipality of Aix-en-Othe (Aube) on Saturday 14 June by Jean-Claude Frécon, French Senator of the Loire and member of the PACE.
12/06/2014 | President
At the end of an official visit to Ireland, Anne Brasseur urged Ireland to use its experience to help solve some of Europe’s ongoing conflicts, such as the one that has developed between Russia and Ukraine.
11/06/2014 | Monitoring
After his first visit to Monaco on 5-6 June, newly appointed rapporteur on Monaco, Jordi Xuclà, welcomed the dialogue established with Monaco to address the remaining post-monitoring issues.