http://assembly.coe.int/rss/rss.aspx?cat=2&size=20&title=Parliamentary+Assembly+of+the+Council+of+Europe+(PACE):+Parliamentary+Assembly&rssdesc=Parliamentary+Assembly&lang=en-gb Parliamentary Assembly Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:11:45 +0200 A delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has welcomed the orderly and smooth conduct of Kosovo’s early elections on 7 June 2026, which took place without major incidents. The delegation urged all elected representatives to engage now in genuinely constructive... Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10334&lang=2 The 7 June 2026 parliamentary elections offered voters a genuine choice among political alternatives in a well-run process, although direct pressure from abroad, in the form of escalating trade restrictions and security threats were observed during the campaign, aimed at unduly influencing voters... Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10335&lang=2 Liliana Tanguy (France, ALDE), co-rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the post-monitoring dialogue with Montenegro, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 9 to 12 June. During her visit to Podgorica, Ms Tanguy will assess the progress made by... Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10337&lang=2 The Parliamentary Alliance for Good Governance and Integrity in Sport convened on 3 June in Istanbul with a clear message: trust in sport depends on strong integrity, transparency, and effective governance at every level. Hosted by the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye, the round table brought... Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10338&lang=2 The urgent challenges faced by Ukrainian children with disabilities resulting from Russia’s war of aggression – including access to rehabilitation, healthcare, inclusive education, psychosocial support and continuity of care both in Ukraine and in host countries – was the topic of a high-level... Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10339&lang=2 The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, meeting in Athens on 4 June, expressed concern that overlapping crises are severely undermining food security, food systems and nutrition worldwide. It strongly condemned “the use of starvation as a method of warfare”, the... Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10332&lang=2 Joseph O’Reilly (EPP/CD), General Rapporteur for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the situation of women and children in the Palestinian territories, made the following statement today:“I am most alarmed by the ongoing detention and mistreatment of Palestinian... Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10333&lang=2 “Momentum is growing internationally and across Europe towards recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment,” said PACE President Petra Bayr in a statement to mark World Environment Day (5 June 2026), urging Council of Europe states to move towards formal recognition... Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10328&lang=2 Reports on silencing critical voices in Azerbaijan, and on the functioning of democratic institutions in Georgia and in Serbia, are among highlights of the summer plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which takes place in Strasbourg on 22-26 June 2026. The... Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10331&lang=2 Lord Michael German (United Kingdom, ALDE), PACE General Rapporteur on Migration and Asylum, and Maria Syrengela (Greece, EPP/CD), Rapporteur on The deterioration of women’s rights in Afghanistan: the need for a global response, have expressed alarm at the European Commission’s upcoming talks... Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10327&lang=2 The Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, meeting on 2 June in Istanbul, highlighted structural, political and societal challenges affecting media freedom in sport, including restrictions on journalistic access, contractual limitations, growing control of content by rights holders... Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10329&lang=2 During an official visit to Greece, PACE President Petra Bayr held a series of high-level meetings with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Vice-President of the Hellenic Parliament Athanasios Bouras and Foreign Minister Georgios Gerapetritis, as well as with representatives of... Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10324&lang=2 A seven-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), headed by Iulian Bulai (Romania, ALDE), will travel to Kosovo from 5 to 8 June to observe the early elections to the Kosovo Assembly on 7 June. The delegation is due to meet representatives from the Office of... Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10325&lang=2 A 22-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), headed by Damien Cottier (Switzerland, ALDE), will travel to Armenia from 5 to 8 June to observe the parliamentary elections alongside observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the European Parliament and... Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10326&lang=2 The Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, meeting in Athens on 28 May, expressed concern at the pervasiveness of gender stereotypes throughout public communication spaces, including the press, radio and television, as well as online platforms and social networks. Too often trivialised and... Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10320&lang=2 Tone Trøen (Norway, EPP/CD), rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on media freedom in sport, issued the following statement today: “Silencing whistleblowers and journalists who expose abuses linked to major sporting events is incompatible with the values that... Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10321&lang=2 The role of memory, history and culture in combating anti-gypsyism and promoting Roma and Traveller inclusion across Europe was the main focus of an Athens conference today, which brought together historians, cultural figures, Roma representatives, parliamentarians, experts and diplomats. The... Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10322&lang=2 A PACE committee has proposed that the production, dissemination, hosting and possession of violent pornography should be banned across Europe and demanded rapid and effective procedures for removing such content, as well as sanctions against online platforms and service providers which fail to... Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10323&lang=2 PACE’s Legal Affairs Committee has condemned all forms of “transnational repression” – a form of foreign interference used by authoritarian regimes to repress political dissidents, journalists, human rights defenders and members of diaspora communities beyond their borders – and has urged new... Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10317&lang=2 Parliamentarians, youth representatives and experts met in Monaco for a round table organised by the PACE Parliamentary and Electoral Co-operation Division together with the Monaco delegation to PACE to discuss the impact of new technologies on young people, education and democratic life... Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=10314&lang=2