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COVID-19 crisis: Council of Europe Bank supports Comunidad de Madrid health sector with €200 million loan
CEB
27 April 2020
Strasbourg
The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) and Comunidad de Madrid have signed an agreement for a 200 million euros loan to support the latter’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and reinforce the level of medical services provided to its citizens. Spain has been particularly hard hit by the...
Robert Spano elected President of the European Court of Human Rights
ECHR
23 April 2020
Strasbourg
Icelandic judge Robert Spano has been elected President of the European Court of Human Rights. Judge Spano, who is currently a Vice-President of the Court, has been the judge in respect of Iceland since November 2013. He studied law in Iceland and the United Kingdom and has worked in a range of...