Russia has been suspended from the Council of Europe (CoE) following its invasion of Ukraine the organisation's spokesperson, Panos Kakawiatos, told PAP on Friday.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has announced that the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has initiated the procedure for suspending Russia as a member.
The speakers of both houses of the Polish parliament walked out of the Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments in protest over a representative of the Russian Federation being given the floor.
Polish parlamentarians have asked the EU and the Council of Europe to intervene with the Georgian authorities for the release of the country's former president Mikheil Saakashvili, who was arrested and imprisoned in Georgia on October 1.
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe called on Poland on Friday to immediately guarantee women the right to legal abortions and prenatal tests as well as to ensure access to information and the possibility of pregnancy terminations nationwide.
The 28th European Heritage Days (EHD) will take place in Poland over the next two weekends on Sept. 12-13 and Sept. 19-20. The organisers have planned close to 600 events throughout Poland under the slogan "Moja Droga" (My Way).
Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Dunja Mijatovic on Saturday appealed to Poland to "immediately release" Michał Sz. aka "Margot", an LGBT rights activist detained by a court order on Friday. Michał Sz. claims a female identity.
The Venice Commission, an advisory body to the Council of Europe, issued an opinion on Thursday on Poland's draft disciplinary regime on judges, in which it recommended rejecting the contested bill and seeking other solutions.
The letter from Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe's human rights commissioner, in which she tells the Polish Senate speaker that the Senate should reject the latest judiciary bill, is interference with Polish legislation, a deputy minister has said.
Polish Minister of Sport and Tourism Witold Bańka will be the European candidate for head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the Council of Europe decided on Wednesday in Strasbourg.
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