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At a time when concerns are growing in Turkey due to an increasingly conservative and authoritarian political culture, which directly impacts the lives of women, the Istanbul Convention, a landmark treaty of the Council of Europe (CoE) dedicated to preventing and combating violence on women and domestic violence, is entering into force as of August 1.

"No conclusions, but truth’s onward march continues"

BELGRADE -- Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Anne Brasseur has welcomed a report by special prosecutor John Clint Williamson.

It concerned an investigation into the 1999 Kosovo organ trafficking case.

STRASBOURG - President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Anne Brasseur has welcomed a report by special prosecutor John Clint Williamson concerning an investigation into the 1999 Kosovo organ trafficking case, expressing satisfaction that “truth’s onward march continues also in this case.”

Organ trafficking investigator to publish statement

BELGRADE -- The chief prosecutor of EULEX for alleged human organ trafficking in Kosovo and Albania in 1999 will issue a statement on the findings of the investigation.

A leading member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), who is also the deputy speaker of Parliament, has once again repeated the party’s aspirations to implement a presidential system in Turkey.

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Deputy Speaker Gordana Comic has been elected rapporteur of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly for the second time.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday accused Russia of failing to fully back a peace plan to end the bloodshed in the east of his country.
      
The plan "will only be able to work if Russia cooperates. Up to now unfortunately the support (from Moscow) has been insufficient," Poroshenko told the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

Joan Miro’s bronze sculpture “Femme aux beaux seins” (The Woman with Beautiful Breasts), is on display at the Baksı Museum, which won the Council of Europe Museum Prize for 2014

The museum was established in 2010 in the village of Baksı by Professor Hüsamettin Koçan and is located 45 kilometers away from the eastern Black Sea city of Bayburt.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Sarajevo on Tuesday, where he will meet with Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) officials.

Vucic will confer with Chair of the BiH Council of Ministers Vjekoslav Bevanda and chairs and deputy chairs of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Serbian government's press office stated.

Kosovo assembly adopts law on special court

PRIŠTINA, BELGRADE -- The Kosovo assembly in Priština on Wednesday adopted a law to extend the mandate of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX).