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The public presentation of the CoE brochure on the “Recommendation CM/Rec(2008) 14 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the legal status of non-governmental organisations in Europe” took place in the Council of Europe Office in Azerbaijan today. ...

Statement by Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Following the agreement between Armenia and Turkey, Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, made the following statement :   "I congratulate the Governments of Armenia ...

The BPSP is a part of the CoE Network of the Schools of Political Studies. Some 35-40 participants are to be selected this year among young Azerbaijani citizens of 28-35 years.  The sucessful candidates should represent at least one of ...

Protocol No. 14bis to the European Convention on Human Rights, which aims to improve the capacity of the European Court of Human Rights to process the increasing number of applications before it, enters into force on 1 October.  The ...

THORBJØRN JAGLAND, PRESIDENT OF THE NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENT (STORTING) Thorbjørn Jagland is President of the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) since 2005 and Member of Parliament from Buskerud County since 1993 Mr. Jagland was born on 5 November 1950 ...

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on 29 September elected Thorbjørn Jagland (Norway) Secretary General of the Organisation for a five-year term. In the first round of the election, Thorbjørn Jagland obtained 165 votes (an absolute majority) ...

Public statement under Step VI of MONEYVAL’s Compliance Enhancing Procedures in respect of Azerbaijan ”The Council of Europe Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) has been concerned since 2006* ...

The journalistic competition for young journalists from ALL over Europe One journalistic competition for all of Europe: Young journalists, photographers and videographers are invited to compete for eight prizes in the ‘Europe is More Than You Think’ Award 2009, ...

“It is time that Azerbaijan joins the other countries of South Caucasus in electing the mayor of its capital city,” Ian Micallef, President a.i. of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, stated on the ...

Ian Micallef, President a.i. of the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan from 10 to 14 September 2009 to assess the situation of local democracy in the country after the ...