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European Parliament will most likely not discuss Serbian elections next week

BRUSSELS - The European Parliament will most likely not discuss the recent Serbian elections at next week's plenary session in Strasbourg after political groups have failed to reach a consensus on the matter, Tanjug learns.

However, there is a small likelihood of the issue being put on the session's agenda on Monday, Tanjug's sources said.

Rapporteur to be appointed for Georgoulis waiver

A rapporteur will be appointed on May 8 to request the waiving of the immunity of SYRIZA MEP Alexis Georgoulis, who has been accused of rape and sexual abuse.

According to Skai TV's Brussels correspondent, Georgoulis' lawyers have yet to receive the case file because this can only be done after his immunity is lifted.

Turkey slams 'scandal' after UN experts on mission to probe Khashoggi murder denied entry to Saudi consulate

A United Nations delegation including the special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings was denied entry to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul's Levent neighborhood on Jan. 29.

Sexual harassment in 47 parliaments under focus in new PACE-IPU joint research

The Interparliamentary Union (IPU) and Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) will launch a regional report on sexism, harassment and violence against women lawmakers and personnel within European parliaments in January 2018, PACE General Rapporteur on violence against women Gülsün Bilgehan has stated.

PACE to discuss degrading Turkey's status to monitoring

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is scheduled to meet next week to discuss whether to degrade Turkey's status and reopen a monitoring process against the country in response to the authoritarian slide in the country.  

FM Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has been lobbying PACE, which he once chaired in 2010, not to relegate Turkey.

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