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Mathieu Mori elected as Congress Secretary General
Mathieu Mori (France) has been elected as Secretary General of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities for a five-year term of office. Addressing the Congress members attending the 43rd Congress session, Mr Mori highlighted the current unprecedented context in Europe, marked by the...
Secretary General in Sofia to mark 30th anniversary of Bulgaria’s accession to European Human Rights Convention
The 30th anniversary of accession to the European Convention on Human Rights is an “important milestone in Bulgaria’s European journey”, said Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić in her address to a special conference in Sofia on Tuesday 25 October. What Bulgaria has achieved through the...
Banning display of Russian army symbols in Republic of Moldova is “legitimate” says Venice Commission, among other opinions
Opinions published by the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission include one on banning, in the Republic of Moldova, the display of symbols used by Russia’s army during its aggression against Ukraine. The legal and constitutional experts determined that a measure adopted by the Moldovan Parliament...
17th Conference of Ministers for Sport in Antalya (Türkiye): focus on Sport for All and Rethinking Sport
Sport for All and Rethinking Sport were the two central themes of the 17th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Sport (26 October) in Antalya (Türkiye), organised by the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) in co-operation with the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the...
Congress to hold a debate with Kyiv Mayor Klitschko and Ukrainian Minister Chernyshov
At the opening of the 43rd Session, the members of Congress adopted the final agenda of the session and confirmed the holding of a debate today at 2 pm CET on the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine with the participation (online) of Oleksiy Chernyshov, Minister of Community and Territorial...