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Azerbaijani MP heads PACE Committee

Azerbaijani MP heads PACE Committee

In PACE, Azerbaijani MP Sahiba Gafarova has been elected as the chairman of the committee on migration, refugees and internally displaced persons. It is worth noting that this is the first case in which someone from the …

 PACE adopts first report on Nagorno-Karabakh

PACE adopts first report on Nagorno-Karabakh

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has given a hearing to a report, titled 'Inhabitants of frontier regions of Azerbaijan deliberately deprived of water' on the situation around Sarsang reservoir located in the …

Tedo Japaridze elected as PACE vice president

Tedo Japaridze elected as PACE vice president

The chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for International Contacts, Tedo Japaridze, was elected as the Vice-President of PACE. Japaridze is a member of the Georgian parliament, member of the Georgian Dream …

Pedro Agramunt becomes new PACE chairman

Pedro Agramunt becomes new PACE chairman

Spanish lawmaker Pedro Agramunt has replaced incumbent Anne Brasseur as the president of PACE at the PACE winter session in Strasbourg today. Agramunt worked as a co-rapporteur of the PACE Monitoring …

PACE winter session opens in France

PACE winter session opens in France

A regular session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will start in Strasbourg today, during which two reports on Azerbaijan will be discussed. On January 26, participants of the session will discuss …

Pushkov: PACE needs to temporarily forget about Russia

Pushkov: PACE needs to temporarily forget about Russia

PACE has to temporarily forget about Russia, the head of the Russian State Duma Committee for Foreign Affairs, Alexei Pushkov, said. "In our absence, PACE has no levers of influence on us," he said, advising …

Nagorno-Karabakh: OSCE Minsk Group appealed to PACE

Nagorno-Karabakh: OSCE Minsk Group appealed to PACE

On the eve of discussions of the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh at the PACE, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs issued a joint statement, in which they reminded that "the Minsk Group is the only acceptable format for negotiations." The …

Armenia may change the head of its PACE delegation

Armenia may change the head of its PACE delegation

The head of Armenian delegation to PACE, Armine Naghdalyan, may resign after the winter session of the Assembly, which opens on January 25th. Armenian media predict that Samvela Farmanyan, who is also a member of …

Matviyenko: Russia not slamming door on PACE

Matviyenko: Russia not slamming door on PACE

Russia's refusal to take part in the PACE session, which will be held on January 25-29, does not mean complete refusal to work in this organization, the speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko, …

Russian delegation to miss PACE session in January

Russian delegation to miss PACE session in January

The Russian delegation has decided not to participate in the January session of the Parliamentary Assembly of The Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg on 25 January, the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration …

Georgia to host PACE annual session

Georgia to host PACE annual session

Tbilisi will host the annual 25th session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on July 1-5. The 25th session of the PACE will be attended by 700 politicians from 57 countries, Sputnik Georgia reports. …

Referendum on constitutional reform starts in Armenia

Referendum on constitutional reform starts in Armenia

Today, Armenia is holding a referendum on amendments to the constitution, which provide for a transition from a presidential to a parliamentary form of government. 1997 stations have been set up in Yerevan and in all regions of 41 electoral …

Armenian mass media review (November 12-18­th)

Armenian mass media review (November 12-18­th)

The focus of Armenian media is on a report on Nagorno-Karabakh, which was approved by the PACE Committee. "Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian is holding talks with his European colleagues in order to neutralize the ...