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The Chairman of the Committee of Ministers welcomed on 1 September the decision of the authorities of Armenia and Turkey to start internal political consultations on two protocols concerning the establishment of diplomatic relations and the development of bilateral relations ...

Statement by the Acting Secretary General of the Council of Europe Maud de Boer-Buquicchio "I strongly welcome the agreement to sign two protocols between Turkey and Armenia on establishing of diplomatic relations between the two countries. This is a ...

Andres Herkel (Estonia, EPP/CD) and Evguenia Jivkova (Bulgaria, SOC), the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), made the following statement yesterday: “We are saddened to learn of the death ...

The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on 24 June urged the Parliament of Azerbaijan to seize the Venice Commission for an opinion on a package of amendments to the legislation on NGOs prior ...

Strasbourg, 16.06.2009 - We are very concerned about some of the proposed changes to the legislation regulating non-governmental organisations and media in Azerbaijan. Amendments as proposed, which will be reportedly submitted for parliamentary decision this Friday, may create serious obstacles ...

On 5 June 2009 the Council of Europe in co-operation with the National Television and Radio Council will hold a round table on “Television and Radio Broadcasting Legislation in Azerbaijan”, which will take place in the AF Hotel, Novkhani. ...

On 4 June 2009 the Council of Europe in cooperation with the National TV and Radio Council will hold the conference on “Regulation of Online Media in Azerbaijan” in Afurja room of the Excelsior Hotel. Participants of the Conference ...

“It is a shame for Europe that 15 to 20 years after the conflicts ravaged the region of South Caucasus in the early 1990s, hundreds of thousands of people displaced by these conflicts continue to live in shabby and marginalised ...

Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe When you are young, birthdays are about growing up and looking forward. When you have got a few years behind you, they are an opportunity to look back and assess ...

“The right to freely receive and impart information is essential at any time in a democratic society, but in times of crisis, such as a terrorist attack it is even more important” said Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis ...