28/11/2013 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“Crowdsourcing and semantic polling are tools that help policy-makers, but it will always be up to policy-makers to assume full responsibility and not water it down”, said Anne Brasseur.
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 | 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
"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
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.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
PACE Standing Committee welcomed the draft Council of Europe Convention against trafficking in human organs, but regretted that the text focuses on the criminal aspects rather than on prevention and co-operation.
22/11/2013 | Standing Committee
Unanimously adopting a resolution on "Good governance of large metropolises", the Standing Committee invited all member States of the Council of Europe to continue to promote good governance at all levels of government.