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The Council of Europe’s Ministers’ Deputies met on 3 September to discuss the conflict in Georgia and to take stock of the present situation. The Deputies listened to statements made by Georgia and Russia. They were informed about the action ...

"The opening of full-fledged negotiations about the reunification of Cyprus is an event that nobody would have dared to predict a few months ago" said Terry Davis, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. "This is a chance for ...

The Council of Europe and the Eurasian Lawyers Association in close cooperation with the Azerbaijan Lawyers Confederation and Baku Law Centre starts publishing the Bulletin of the European Court of Human Rights in Azerbaijani language. Main goal of the ...

The Council of Europe, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan, is organising a launching meeting for the implementation of the project on “Support for Prison Reform in Azerbaijan 2008-2009”. This project aims to address the needs ...

Charles Goerens (Luxembourg, ALDE) and Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Serbia, will make a fact-finding visit to Belgrade on 1-2 September, to take stock of Serbia's honouring of its ...

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) should hold a major debate on the Georgia-Russia conflict during its forthcoming plenary session in Strasbourg (29 September-3 October 2008), was the proposal unanimously agreed on 28 August by the Assembly’s ...

Migration Ministers from the 47 Council of Europe member states will meet on 4 and 5 September in Kyiv (Ukraine) to discuss current challenges and develop common responses to migration in Europe.Discussions will focus on the management of economic migration ...

Lluís Maria de Puig, the President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), has strongly condemned Russia's recognition of the independence of the Georgian territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia."When it became a member of the Council of Europe, ...

Carl Bildt, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, today made the following statement: "I condemn the decision by President Medvedev to recognise the independence of the two Georgian regions of South-Ossetia and Abkhazia. This decision ...

"The unilateral recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by the Russian Federation violates the territorial integrity of a fellow Council of Europe member state. It jeopardises prospects for a negotiated settlement of the dispute about the future ...