27/11/2013 | President
Jean-Claude Mignon will make an official visit to Hungary from 2 to 4 December 2013, during which he will meet, in particular, the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the National Assembly.
27/11/2013 | President
"The new information technologies are not a revolution but an evolution. Democracy and its institutions are in the image of society itself: in a permanent state of flux," the President said.
25/11/2013 | Monitoring
Co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Serbia Davit Harutyunyan and Indrek Saar began a fact-finding visit to Belgrade to assess different aspects of Serbia’s obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe.
23/11/2013 | President
Jean-Claude Mignon, reacting to the Riga tragedy, that claimed the lives of over 50 people, has sent a message of condolence to the Latvian people and the families and friends of the victims.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
"Today we suffer from a real lack of recognition and visibility for the thorough work we are doing," said the PACE President this morning at the opening of a meeting of the Standing Committee in Vienna.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
"Since Austria joined the Council of Europe in 1956, there has been a very strong connection between our parliament and your Parliamentary Assembly," said the President of Austria's Federal Council Reinhardt Todt.
22/11/2013 | Monitoring
Monitoring co-rapporteurs Mailis Reps and Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin have deeply regretted the Ukrainian decisions not to sign the EU Association Agreement and to refuse Yulia Tymoshenko medical treatment abroad.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
"I am very well-acquainted with PACE and I want us to work together more closely,” said Michael Spindelegger, addressing the Standing Committee in Vienna, setting out the priorities of the Austrian Chairmanship for the coming six months.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
"Following the events after the presidential election in Belarus in 2010, the Nordic Council has suspended contact with the regime," said Marit Nybakk, President of the Nordic Council, addressing the Standing Committee in Vienna today.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
Europe urgently needs to draw up common standards for treating the estimated 300,000 irregular migrants and failed asylum seekers who are forced to return to their home countries every year.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
Georgia’s October Presidential election was “efficiently administered, transparent and took place in an amicable and constructive environment,” according to a report debated today by the Standing Committee.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
Although describing the electoral process observed around the presidential election day in Azerbaijan (9 October 2013) as “free, fair and transparent”, PACE observers consider that fundamental freedoms remain “a serious concern” in the country.