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EU High Representative Mogherini in exchange of views with Committee of Ministers, Secretary General Jagland
Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission today attended the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for an exchange of views on relations between the two organisations. Prior to the exchange...
Council of Europe Raoul Wallenberg Prize 2018
Since 2014, the Council of Europe Raoul Wallenberg Prize is awarded every two years in order to reward extraordinary humanitarian achievements by a single individual, a group of individuals or an organisation. The prize consisting of 10 000 € will be awarded at a ceremony to be held at the...
The Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice of Morocco met the Deputy Secretary General
On the occasion of the plenary meeting of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), the Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice of Morocco, Mr Abdelilah Lahkim Bennani, met with Ms Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, in the...
Le Secrétaire Général, Thorbjørn Jagland, a salué « l’exceptionnel parcours de vie de Simone Veil »
« Avec elle disparaît l’une des figures les plus emblématiques d’Europe. Incarnant pour les Français la mémoire de la Shoah, fervente militante des droits des femmes, Simone Veil était une Européenne convaincue qui fut la première présidente du Parlement européen. Elle aura marqué d’une empreinte...
European Broadcasting Union joins Council of Europe platform to protect journalists
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) today became a partner to a Council of Europe platform designed to track alleged violations of media freedom in member states. The platform was set up by the Council of Europe to promote the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists. Council of...