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More efforts needed to promote German outside the Danish-German border area
A new report by the Council of Europe´s Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages has concluded that the Danish authorities continue to provide a high level of protection for the German language, which is the only regional or minority language protected under...
Secretary General meets United Kingdom Attorney General
Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has met the Attorney General of the United Kingdom Victoria Prentis. The meeting focused on the state of play of the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The Secretary General recalled that the Register is...
PACE sets out its vision of a democratic future for Belarus
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has set out wide-ranging proposals to build a democratic future for Belarus – including a new set of measures to support Belarusian democratic forces led by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who also addressed the Assembly. Approving a resolution...
Secretary General highlights Council of Europe 75th anniversary at Assembly Winter plenary session
“This May we will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe and I think it is important to recognise how far we have come. No other continent has ever put in place a common legal area, protecting, and promoting common standards in human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. Doing...
