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Standing Committee to meet in Helsinki

15/11/2018
Standing Committee

The PACE Standing Committee will meet at the Finnish Parliament in Helsinki on Friday 23 November, as Finland begins its six-month presidency of the Council of Europe’s ministerial body (November 2018-May 2019). More

Ukraine: monitoring visit by PACE rapporteurs

15/11/2018
Monitoring

Dzhema Grozdanova and Alfred Heer, Assembly co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Ukraine, will make a fact-finding visit to Kyiv from 19 to 21 November 2018. More

PACE President opens Dubrovnik conference with appeal to shared values

06/11/2018
President

At the opening of a conference aimed at promoting democratic security in the Mediterranean, Liliane Maury Pasquier appealed to the shared universal values which have historically linked the countries around the Mediterranean. More

Council of Europe offers its experience in building democratic security to Med countries

12/11/2018
Political Affairs and Democracy

Leading figures from Croatia and the Council of Europe have pledged new ways to help build “democratic security” in the Mediterranean and North Africa at a parliamentary conference in Dubrovnik which focused on shared values. More

Strengthening democratic security through territorial solidarity

06/11/2018
Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

Believing that territorial solidarity was “a matter of democratic security”, Mr. Grin said that it was impossible to ensure the prosperity of certain regions to the detriment of others, addressing the Congress today. More

Georgia: voters had a genuine choice and candidates campaigned freely, but on an unlevel playing field

29/10/2018
Election observation

Tbilisi (Georgia) © Shutterstock The presidential election was competitive and professionally administered. Candidates were able to campaign freely and voters had a genuine choice, although there were instances of the misuse of state resources, observers say. More

Appeal for a political solution to the Syrian crisis

26/10/2018
Political Affairs and Democracy

Following a visit to Amman, Theodora Bakoyannis, who is preparing a report on “The situation in Syria and its effects upon surrounding countries”, has underlined the importance of reaching a political solution to the Syrian crisis. More