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The #PACEwinter2026 session runs all week!

Watch live or on replay:
pace.coe.int/en/pages/mul...

What's on in plenary:
pace.coe.int/en/files/35728

Hearings and public events:
rm.coe.int/sgap-hearing...

Overview, docs, verbatim, voting and more:
pace.coe.int/en/pages/ses...

Highlights: πŸ”½
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The @coe.int Parliamentary Assembly is urging a ban on "conversion practices" which aim to suppress a person's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Read more on today's resolution πŸ”½
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Or watch the debate πŸ”½
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January 29, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Today, as PACE debated threats against #Greenland, rapporteur Bertrand Bouyx put it very simply...

#PACEwinter2026
January 29, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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β€œRussia is not only its regime," said PACE President Petra Bayr, starting a dialogue with Russian democratic forces today.

"One day, a different Russia can return to Europe. We're ready to support it when the window of opportunity opens. And it will open.”

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PACE platform for dialogue with Russian democratic forces holds its first meeting in Strasbourg
The first meeting of a new platform for dialogue between the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and Russian democratic forces took place in Strasbourg today, on the margins of the ...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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πŸ‡¬πŸ‡± Greenland’s future belongs to the people of #Greenland and #Denmark, says PACE.

The Assembly adopted a resolution warning that threats to the sovereignty of Denmark and Greenland challenge the international order.

πŸ”— Read more: pace.coe.int/en/news/1018...

#PACEwinter2026
January 29, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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πŸ”΄ Happening now at the @coe.int:

Headline debate
β€œThreats against the international order: the case of #Greenland πŸ‡¬πŸ‡±β€

πŸŽ₯ Watch live: youtube.com/watch?v=u-UQ...
πŸ“„ Report: pace.coe.int/en/files/358...

#PACEwinter2026
January 29, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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Stand by for tomorrow morning's headline debate at the @coe.int in Strasbourg on "Threats against the international order: the case of #Greenland"

▢️ Read the report by Bertrand Bouyx:
pace.coe.int/en/files/358...

▢️ Watch live or on replay from 10.10 am CET:
youtube.com/watch?v=u-UQ...
January 28, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Did you know? πŸ†

The Europe Prize comes with €20,000 to help young people discover Europe πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί

Yesterday, students from @RRII_Terrassa πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ (2024 #EuropePrize winner) visited the @coe.int and met PACE members Carmen Leyte πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ and MiloΕ‘ Konatar πŸ‡²πŸ‡ͺ to debate Europe’s future.
January 28, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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MEDIABOX: Newly elected PACE President Petra Bayr sets out her priorities during her term of office and hopes for the Assembly in the year ahead...

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PACE’s new President Petra Bayr sets out her priorities for her term in office
YouTube video by PACE TV
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January 28, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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27 January.
A day to remember. A duty to act.
PACE remembers the victims of the Holocaust and reflects on its lessons for today.
Survivor Lord Alf Dubs, rescued as a child by the Kindertransport, reminded us why memory matters.

πŸ•―οΈ #HolocaustRemembranceDay #WeRemember #NeverAgain
January 28, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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PACE has denounced Russia’s "intensification of suffering" in Ukraine and its lack of genuine willingness to end its war of aggression.

Read more on today's debate at the @coe.int in Strasbourg:
pace.coe.int/en/news/1017...

#StandWithUkraine
January 27, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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PACE remembered the victims of the #Holocaust, and reflected on its lessons for today, at a ceremony during the #PACEwinter2026 session in Strasbourg.

Watch again: vodmanager.coe.int/coe/webcast/... #HolocaustMemorialDay

More:
pace.coe.int/en/news/1016...

#HolocaustMemorialDay πŸ•―οΈ
January 27, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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A highlight of the #PACEwinter2026 session now as the President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu addresses the @coe.int Parliamentary Assembly.

Watch LIVE or on replay now...
youtube.com/watch?v=jHEx...
January 27, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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More on the election of the new PACE President Petra Bayr:
pace.coe.int/en/news/1015...

Watch her inaugural speech here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=568D...
Petra Bayr elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Petra Bayr (Austria, SOC) has been elected today President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for a one-year term of office, which may be renewed once. She obtained an absol...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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The #PACEwinter2026 session runs all week!

Watch live or on replay:
pace.coe.int/en/pages/mul...

What's on in plenary:
pace.coe.int/en/files/35728

Hearings and public events:
rm.coe.int/sgap-hearing...

Overview, docs, verbatim, voting and more:
pace.coe.int/en/pages/ses...

Highlights: πŸ”½
January 26, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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Congratulations to Petra Bayr from Austria, who has just been elected as the 36th President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe!

Follow her inaugural speech LIVE or with scroll-back here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hw-...

More details on the site soon.

#46_parliaments
January 26, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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"Thank you Mr President!"

In a special ceremony, the Assembly says farewell to outgoing PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos at the end of his two-year term leading the Assembly.

Watch on YouTube replay:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hw-...
PACE winter session 2026 – 1st sitting – 26 January
YouTube video by PACE TV
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January 26, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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PACE has created a new Platform for dialogue with Russian democratic forces, and its Participants were named today:

pace.coe.int/en/news/1015...

A first meeting is foreseen later this week.

#PACEwinter2026
January 26, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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How does today's political polarisation impact election observation?

Rast'o KuΕΎel of Memo 98 tackles this with MPs from PACE's Parliamentary Alliance for Free and Fair Elections, meeting during next week's #PACEwinter2026 session.

More πŸ”½
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January 23, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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SG @alain-berset.coe.int's guest essay: "The Council of Europe stands ready to defend the right of peoples to shape their own future, uphold international law, and ensure accountability for violations of sovereignty."

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Opinion | I’m the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. This Is Something I Thought I’d Never Have to Write.
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January 19, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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Happy birthday to the European anthem!

Beethoven's "Ode to joy" was adopted by the
@coe.int #OnThisDay in 1972 - and was later taken up by the EU.

But did you know it actually started life in PACE? πŸ”½

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January 19, 2026 at 8:34 AM
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Do you know an individual or NGO that is doing outstanding work to defend #humanrights?

Nominations have just opened for the 2026 #HavelPrize...

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#TheirCourageOurRights
VΓ‘clav Havel Human Rights Prize 2026: call for nominations
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in partnership with the VΓ‘clav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation, has issued a call for nominations for the 2026 VΓ‘clav Havel Human...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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β€œThe Lake” is now available in Albanian and Macedonian.

This short film sends a clear message to young people: you are not alone β€” break the silence.

▢️ Albanian version: youtu.be/XU7dfUWG1CQ?...

▢️ Macedonian version: youtu.be/HMCYrnl6u2Q

🎬 Watch in other languages: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
"The Lake" - a short film encouraging children to "break the silence" over sexual abuse within the circle of trust - YouTube
This short film was conceived and directed by award-winning French film-maker Roland Edzard in 2013 as part of the Council of Europe's "ONE in FIVE" campaign...
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January 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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Who is Venezuelan political leader MarΓ­a Corina Machado?

With the @coe.int #HavelPrize and Nobel Prize winner in the news, watch again her October 2024 talk with PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos, where she told him about her life and struggle for freedom in #Venezuela:

youtu.be/Q9hmikp3Ro4?...
MarΓ­a Corina Machado - "Round table with the President"
YouTube video by PACE TV
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January 7, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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A six-strong PACE observer delegation has welcomed smooth early elections in Kosovo* and urged all stakeholders to help restore functional institutions.

Read the delegation's full statement:
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PACE observers welcome smooth early elections in Kosovo* and urge all stakeholders to help restore functional institutions
A delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has welcomed the smooth and professional conduct of the early elections to the Assembly of Kosovo, expressing the hope that...
https://pace.coe.int/en/news/10155/…
December 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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A six-member team from PACE, headed by @yunusemrechp.bsky.social, arrives in Kosovo* today as part of the Assembly's observation of the early elections to the Kosovo* Assembly.

Stan by for their preliminary conclusions on Monday afternoon.

More:
pace.coe.int/en/news/1015...
*All reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.
December 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM