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View from Armenia: MEPs and east European MPs to survey new political landscape

Parliamentary responses to radical change in the EU’s eastern neighbourhood, driven by Russian aggression in Ukraine but also by EU association deals with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, will be debated by MEPs and Eastern Partnership countries’ MPs at...

As Syria conflict enters a fifth year, what does it take to end the crisis and end the suffering?

“The appalling crisis in Syria is entering a fifth year. A crisis that continues to exact an unconscionable human cost. A crisis that the international community has failed to stop.

China’s Congress Stakes Out Path for Silk Road Project

The annual dual sessions of the Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Committee (CPPCC), held this year in Beijing, are occurring as the Chinese economy finds itself at a crossroads, and the...

PACE rapporteurs welcome UNHCR proposals to improve Europe’s response to mass migration

Two PACE rapporteurs dealing with migration have welcomed the announcement by the UNHCR of proposals for European action in the Mediterranean Sea.