29/03/2012 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon will make an official visit to the Republic of Moldova from 2 to 5 April 2012. During his visit, he is due to meet the President of the Republic Nicolae Timofti, the Speaker of Parliament Marian Lupu, Prime Minister Vlad Filat, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leancă, as well as the Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Eugen Carpov.
29/03/2012 | Monitoring
Mailis Reps (Estonia, ALDE) and Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin (Sweden, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Ukraine by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), today met in prison former Ukrainian Minister of the Interior Yuriy Lutsenko. Noting the concerns about his health, the co-rapporteurs called on the authorities to provide all necessary expertise to properly diagnose and treat his illness...
28/03/2012 | Monitoring
On her return from her visit to Monaco for the purposes of the preparation of a report on post-monitoring dialogue (26-27 March 2012), Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALDE) welcomed the efforts made by the Principality to combat money laundering and corruption.
27/03/2012 | President
"Through their action and their courage, the winners of the North-South Prize, Boris Tadic and Souhayr Belhassen, have helped to shape today's world, with democratic debates in the southern Mediterranean and with peace in the Balkans which are now involved in the process of European integration," according to PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon, speaking today at the prize-giving ceremony in Lisbon.
27/03/2012 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon today offered his congratulations to Macky Sall, President-elect of the Republic of Senegal. "I am delighted that the voters of Senegal were able last weekend to express their political will in a calm atmosphere, and that the election result has been accepted by all the candidates," declared the Assembly President.
26/03/2012 | President
Boris Tadić (President of the Republic of Serbia) and Souhayr Belhassen (President of the International Federation of Human Rights), are the two North-South Prize 2011 laureates. The Prize will be awarded in Lisbon by the President of the Republic, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, during an official ceremony, notably with Parliamentary Assembly President Jean-Claude Mignon, at the Senate Room of the National Portuguese Assembly, on 27 March (11h00).
23/03/2012 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“The energy sector will continue to be dominated by fossil fuels for many years to come. It is vital to first diversify our approach to energy”, said an expert, Professor Samuele Furfari, at a hearing held in Paris today by PACE's Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development. In particular, he proposed a three-pronged approach to diversification.
23/03/2012 | Monitoring
Mailis Reps (Estonia, ALDE) and Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin (Sweden, EPP/CD), PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Ukraine, will visit Kyiv from 27 to 29 March 2012 to assess the follow-up given to Assembly Resolution 1862 (2012) on “the functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine”, passed in January.
23/03/2012 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“From an economic perspective, cuts in public spending, social security and wages are not effective against the current crisis because they particularly affect those who receive the lowest wages, the unemployed, pensioners and other social groups in need of special protection - children, the elderly and disabled, migrants.
23/03/2012 | President
Following his official visit to Monaco, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon praised Monaco’s efforts to modernise its institutions and encouraged the authorities to adopt the most modern international standards to address the current challenges of international co-operation.
22/03/2012 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
In a draft resolution adopted unanimously in Paris today, PACE’s Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development proposes a series of measures to guarantee decent pensions for all.
22/03/2012 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
With the report of Dirk Van der Maelen (Belgium, SOC) on promoting an appropriate policy on tax havens, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development expresses its concern about the extent of the offshore financial system involving tax havens and its impact on public finances, stability of financial markets and society at large.