Monitoring News PACE monitors express concern at conviction in Turkey of honorary PACE member 20/12/2018 Monitoring PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs for Turkey Marianne Mikko and Nigel Evans have expressed their deep concern at the conviction of honorary PACE member Ertuğrul Kürkçü to two years in prison. More Albania: co-rapporteurs call on ruling majority and opposition to … Read more

  Special guest status In order to facilitate the process of accession of the countries from Central and Eastern Europe, the Assembly introduced in 1989 a so-called special guest status, applicable to all national legislative assemblies of European non-member states, which have signed the Helsinki Final Act (1975) and the Charter of Paris for a … Read more