The ALDE party, 01/09/2014 Lev Shlosberg The ALDE Party deplores the attack on Lev Shlosberg, a member of YABLOKO, one of our two member parties in Russia. Mr. Shlosberg was severely injured on Sunday in what is believed to be a crime that can be attributed to the mobbing of people in Russia that hold […]

Press Release, 16.07.2014 Newly elected head of the ALDE Group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Jordi Xuclà paid a visit to YABLOKO on July 14. He was greeted by YABLOKO Chairman Sergei Mitrokhin, Secretary of YABLOKO Political Committee Galina Mikhaleva and YABLOKO International Secretary Olga Radayeva.

The ALDE party, 08.07.2014 Yevgeny Vitishko, imprisoned in Russia Last week, the leader of Russian ALDE Party member Yabloko, Sergei Mitrokhin, visited one of his party’s members, Yevgeny Vitishko, who is currently serving a three year prison sentence in a penal colony for having criticised Sochi’s governor of corruption and the severe destruction of ecological […]

The ALDE Group, 04.06.2014 The newly elected heads of delegation of the ALDE group met for the first time yesterday since the European elections and formally agreed to accept the application of the Czech ANO 2011 Party as member of the group.

The ALDE party, 27.05.2014 Speaking after the liberal prime ministers’ meeting ahead of the informal European Council, ALDE Party President Sir Graham Watson said: “The political groups of the EPP and the PES parties lost 70 seats in the May 22-25 election. There will be 70 ALDE MEPs in the next European Parliament. Liberal Democrats […]

The ALDE Party, 21.03.2014 On 21 March, YABLOKO leader Sergei Mitrokhin participated in a panel discussion “Russia, Ukraine, Europe: Today and Tomorrow”, organised by the Austrian liberal party NEOS. The event was held at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. The YABLOKO leader made ​​a report devoted to the analysis of the situation in Ukraine. He […]

The ALDE Party, 23/02/2014 The winter Olympics have come to a close. Most media attention turned away from Russia when on Sunday lights went out in Sochi’s Olympic stadium after the closing ceremony. Despite, the increasing crack down on freedom of speech in the Russian Federation does not stop.

The ALDE Party, Press Release, 18.02.2014 ALDE Party President Sir Graham Watson MEP is alarmed by the news that Russian environmentalist and YABLOKO member Evgeny Vitishko is on hunger strike in a prison since one week, in rather harsh conditions. Sir Graham said: “I find it cynical against the background of the Winter Olympics that […]

The ALDE Group, Press Release, February 4, 2014   The Liberals and Democrats group in the European Parliament (ALDE) welcomes the support for the report on Undocumented Women migrants, drafted by ALDE MEP Norica Nicolai (PNL, Romania).

The ALDE Party, Press Release, January 23, 2014 One in four women has been a victim of violence, domestic abuse, rape, sexual exploitation, genital mutilation or other sexual violence in the EU yet there is still no comprehensive EU-strategy to prevent violence against women (VAW), despite it being a European wide problem. Antonyia Parvanova (NMSP,Bulgaria) […]

The ALDE Congress The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, convening in London, Great Britain, on 28 30 of November 2013:

Press Release, December 2, 2013 The annual Congress of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe was conducted in London. YABLOKO Chair Sergei Mitrokhin and YABLOKO International Secretary Olga Radayeva participated in the Congress. The main topic for the discussion was the 2014 elections to the European Parliament.

The ALDE Party, 30/09/2013 Austrian result is a vote of confidence in Liberalism

The ALDE Party, Interview with Yabloko leader and Moscow mayor candidate Sergei Mitrokhin,  September 3, 2013 This Sunday, the people of Moscow go to the polls to choose a mayor for their city. It is the first time the Russian capital’s mayor has been chosen by popular vote for ten years. The last direct election […]

The ALDE Party, Press Release, August 27, 2013 As reported last week in Liberal Eyes, 2014 is going to be an important year in European history culminating in the European Parliamentary elections next May. The busy election timetable gets underway right at the start this September, with national elections in Germany, Austria and Norway.

The ALDE Party, Press Release, 2013 ALDE Party President Sir Graham Watson MEP says the guilty verdict in the tax evasion case against the late Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky makes a mockery not only of the internationally agreed conventions on human rights but also of the Russian justice system itself.

The ALDE party, Press Release, June 24, 2013 The beginning of this week was overshadowed by more worrying news from Russia, where another human rights group has been the target of heavy-handed policing, which activists claim is politically motivated. Veteran campaigner Lev Ponomarev (in the picture above) was forcibly evicted from the Moscow city centre […]

The ALDE party, Press Release, June 13, 2013 Marietje Schaake, MEP (D66, Netherlands) has called for a strategy for press and media freedom to be implemented by the EU in her report on media freedom in the world which was adopted by the European Parliament in Strasbourg today.

Press Release, the ALDE party, June 3, 2013 What began last Monday as a small, peaceful protest to save an inner city park in Istanbul has now transformed into the largest and most violent anti-government protests that Turkey has seen in years. Commenting today on the protests, ALDE Party President Sir Graham Watson said: “while […]