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Ensuring access to quality-assured diagnosis and treatment for all breast cancer patients

12/05/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

The committee, meeting today in Nicosia, urged member States to reduce inequalities in diagnosis, screening and treatment of breast cancer, and ensure that patients have the level of care that they are entitled to.

The need for a guaranteed minimum income in a time of crisis

12/05/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

A guaranteed minimum income is an important element in reducing the social effects of the economic crisis, members of PACE's Social Affairs Committee were told at a meeting in Nicosia.

Greece: President calls for greater solidarity

09/05/2014 | President

At the end of an official visit to Greece, Anne Brasseur has welcomed the commitment by Greek politicians in their great majority to the Council of Europe values, whilst calling for greater solidarity.

Creating the right conditions for reporting and successfully prosecuting child sexual abuse

09/05/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

Parliamentarians will meet in Nicosia (Cyprus) on 13 May 2014 to discuss how to create the right conditions for reporting and successfully prosecuting child sexual abuse cases.

Rapporteur reacts to Aegean migrant boat tragedy

07/05/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation

“I am deeply saddened by yet another terrible tragedy that has taken place in the Aegean Sea, where 22 people have drowned trying to make the crossing from Turkey,” said Tineke Strik.

More co-operation between the Council of Europe and its partners in the near Muslim world

07/05/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy

A specific framework of co-operation between the CoE and its partners in the near Muslim world is needed. PACE, through the tool of ‘partnership for democracy’, has a special role to play in this regard.

The challenges of a federal Europe

07/05/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy

The Parliamentary Assembly constitutes an ideal forum for the debate on the future political form of the EU and more specifically the challenges of opting for a federal Europe, said the Political Affairs Committee.

Anne Brasseur: "Our three priorities are Ukraine, Ukraine, and Ukraine"

06/05/2014 | President

When adopting two resolutions on Ukraine and on Russia, PACE “not only sought to stand up for the values of this Organisation, but took difficult and principled decisions," Anne Brasseur said in Vienna.

Official visit to Greece by Anne Brasseur

05/05/2014 | President

The PACE President Anne Brasseur will make an official visit to Greece from 7-8 May. She is due to meet the President of the Republic and other leading members of the government, as well as the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament.

Situation and safety of Christian communities in the Middle East and the Southern Mediterranean

02/05/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy

The Committee on Political Affairs will organise in Athens a conference on “Freedom of religion or belief in the Middle East and the Southern Mediterranean: the situation and safety of Christian communities”.

The challenges of a federal Europe

02/05/2014 | Political Affairs and Democracy

The parliamentary contribution to solving the Western Sahara conflict, and facing the challenges of a federal Europe, on the agenda of the next meeting of the committe in Athens.

Ukraine: statement of the pre-electoral delegation

30/04/2014 | Election observation

The Parliamentary Assembly delegation is convinced that, following the revolution, Ukraine needs a democratic and credible presidential election to establish legitimate political authority.