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Secretary General meets H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco

Secretary General 2 October 2024 Strasbourg

The Secretary General, Alain Berset, and Prince Albert II of Monaco met during the Sovereign Prince’s visit to mark the 20th anniversary of the Principality of Monaco’s accession to the Council of Europe. They discussed Monaco’s contribution to the Council of Europe’s activities, the importance...

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На осенней пленарной сессии Парламентской ассамблеи Генеральный секретарь подчеркивает важнейшую роль Совета Европы

Генеральный секретарь 1 октября 2024 г. Страсбург

«Совокупность последствий этих войн, изменения климата и разрушения демократии представляет собой беспрецедентный вызов для наших обществ. Вызов, который я попытался описать как идеальный шторм. Столкнувшись с этим вызовом, Совет Европы уже продемонстрировал свою прочность, свой богатый опыт,...

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International Day of Non-Violence: Violence against grassroots politicians has a chilling effect on local democracy

Congress 1 October 2024 Strasbourg

On the occasion of International Day of Non-Violence (2 October), Bernd Vöhringer, Congress Rapporteur on combating violence against local and regional elected representatives, has made the following statement: “Over the last ten years, we have witnessed an alarming rise in violent attacks...

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Congress observes local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Council of Europe 1 October 2024 Strasbourg

A 20-member delegation from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities will carry out an election observation mission from 3 to 7 October to observe the local elections throughout the country. Prior to the election day, the delegation, led by Carla Dejonghe, Belgium (R, ILDG), is expected to...

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Julian Assange at Parliamentary Assembly hearing, ahead of a plenary debate on his case: 'I pleaded guilty to journalism'

Parliamentary Assembly session 1 October 2024 Strasbourg

Julian Assange, accompanied by his wife Stella, took part in a parliamentary hearing on his detention and conviction - and their chilling effect on human rights - ahead of a full plenary debate on this topic by the Parliamentary Assembly due on 2 October. The hearing was organised by the...

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Владимир Кара-Мурза: «Лучшим обещанием долгосрочной безопасности и стабильности на нашем континенте является демократическая Россия»

Сессия Парламентской ассамблеи 30 сентября 2024 г. Страсбург

В своем выступлении до начала церемонии вручения премии имени Вацлава Гавела в области прав человека 2024 года Владимир Кара-Мурза − лауреат премии 2022 года − выразил глубокое уважение финалистам этого года и воздал должное лауреатам прошлых лет, которые до сих пор находятся в заключении «за...

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Parliamentary Assembly called on the CEB to enhance support for reconstruction in Ukraine and focus on social dimensions of climate change

Parliamentary Assembly 30 September 2024 Strasbourg

Parliamentary Assembly, meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg, congratulated the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) for “its flexible and tailored support to its member states” in the context of the pandemic and natural disasters, and for the rapid assistance to Ukrainian refugees. The...

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Parliamentary Assembly elects two new Vice-Presidents

Parliamentary Assembly 30 September 2024 Strasbourg

Parliamentary Assembly elected, at the opening of its Autumn 2023 Session, two news Vice-Presidents: Gerardo Giovagnoli (Saint-Marin,SOC) and Andries Gryffroy (Belgique, NI). Nineteen Vice-Presidents are elected annually at the beginning of an ordinary session and remain in office until the...

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Theodoros Rousopoulos: 'We must not rest until all political prisoners in Russia and Belarus are freed'

Parliamentary Assembly 30 September 2024 Strasbourg

“Dear Vladimir, let me once again express my utmost relief to see you free, and all the more determined to continue with your fight for the free and democratic Russia which we all long for, and which poses no threat to its neighbours nor to its own citizens”, PACE President said today at the...

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Премия имени Вацлава Гавела 2024 года присуждена венесуэльскому политическому деятелю и правозащитнице Марии Корине Мачадо

Совет Европы 30 сентября 2024 г. Страсбург

Двенадцатая премия имени Вацлава Гавела в области прав человека, которой отмечаются выдающиеся действия гражданского общества в защиту прав человека, была присуждена ведущему венесуэльскому политическому деятелю и правозащитнице Марии Корине Мачадо. Премия в размере 60 000 евро была вручена на...

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“Youth, Ukraine, Europe: coming of age during war”

Council of Europe 30 september 2024 strasbourg

How can European youth policy adapt to the war in Ukraine, and how can we support the well-being of young people coming of age in war conditions, displaced within their own country or to other European states? This is the key question of a five-day seminar in Strasbourg starting on Monday 30...

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Georgia: Parliamentary Assembly monitors and observer mission head express deep concern as Transparency International Georgia is forced to end its election operation

Parliamentary Assembly 30 September 2024 Strasbourg

“We are deeply concerned by the fact that Transparency International Georgia has been forced to close its election observation operations because of the deplorable decision by the Anti-Corruption Bureau to declare this civil society organisation and its Director as ‘subjects with a declared...

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Podgorica early local elections orderly but improvements desired

Council of Europe 30 September 2024 Strasbourg

A five-member Congress Election Observation Mission completed its mission to monitor the early municipal elections in Podgorica, which took place on Sunday 29 September in 212 polling stations. On election day, four Congress teams led by Randi Mondorf (Denmark, R, ILDG) visited 55 randomly...

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Youth participation in focus at Cultural Routes Forum in Hungary

Council of Europe 27 September 2024 Strasbourg

More than 350 participants from over 30 member states of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA) attended the 13th Annual Advisory Forum on the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe in Visegrád, Hungary (25-27 September) to explore “Transmission and...

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Выступление Генерального секретаря на Генеральной Ассамблее ООН

Генеральный секретарь 27 cентября 2024 г. Нью-Йорк

«В течение всего этого года, года 75-летия Совета Европы, мы будем добиваться того, чтобы как можно больше стран подписали и ратифицировали наши ключевые конвенции, в период отступления от принципов демократии, с тем чтобы наши государства-члены в большей мере способствовали поддержанию наших...

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Congress experts discuss foreign interference with local and regional electoral processes in Europe

27 September 2024 Strasbourg

Meeting in Strasbourg on 26-27 September 2024, the Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government – an advisory expert body for the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities...

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Вручение премии имени Вацлава Гавела 2024 года станет одним из центральных событий осенней сессии ПАСЕ

Парламентская ассамблея 25 сентября 2024 г. Страсбург

Церемония вручения премии имени Вацлава Гавела в области прав человека 2024 года, которой награждаются выдающиеся правозащитники со всего мира, станет одним из центральных событий осенней сессии Парламентской ассамблеи Совета Европы (ПАСЕ), которая пройдет с 30 сентября по 4 октября. Победитель...

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Slovakia: GRECO delegation urges tangible progress to prevent corruption and strengthen integrity in government and police

Group of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe (GRECO) 27 Septembre 2024 Strasbourg

Following meetings in Bratislava on 26 September the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has called on the Slovak Republic to fully implement its recommendations to prevent corruption and strengthen integrity within the central government (persons with top executive...

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Vilnius conference: multilevel governance's key role in strengthening democratic resilience

Congress 27 September 2024 Strasbourg

Improving participation, a clear distribution of competences between levels of governance, and dynamic dialogue between all actors can help ensure that effective multilevel governance counters populism and the polarisation of society. These were among the key takeaways of a conference organised...

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Journalist safety campaign: improving cooperation between journalists and police at public events

Council of Europe 26 September 2024 Strasbourg

As part of the Council of Europe's Campaign for the Safety of Journalists "Journalists Matter", a special seminar in Strasbourg is bringing together representatives of governments, police forces, press freedom organisations and associations of journalists to discuss the role of the police in...

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