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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...
The Secretary General, Thorbjørn Jagland, paid tribute to the “remarkable life and career of Simone Veil”
“With her passing, we have lost one of Europe’s most iconic figures. A potent symbol in France of Holocaust remembrance and a champion of women’s rights, Simone Veil was a committed European who was the first president of the European Parliament. She left an indelible mark on the second half of...
