The Council is an essential EU decision maker and is also responsible for coordinating policy, developing the EU's common ...

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has approved the Convention establishing an International Claims ...

Today, the Council gave its green light to Switzerland joining Union programmes, such as Horizon Europe, Euratom Research and ...

The Council of Europe urged all its 46 member nations to halt their deliveries of weapons to Israel due to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza. Michael O’Flaherty, the council’s commissioner for ...

Two-thirds of the member states voted on Monday to send the country's membership application to the parliamentary assembly, which Kosovo leaders hailed as a historic step. The Council of Europe voted ...

FOR 73 YEARS Turkey has been a member of the Council of Europe, the organisation established in 1949, long before there was a European Union, to protect fundamental human rights on European soil in ...

The head of Europe's oldest intergovernmental organization has warned that the West is caught in the throes of a series of crises that bears the real risk of undermining democracy, stability and rule ...

The North-South Prize of the Council of Europe honours laureates for their contributions to the protection of human rights, ...

26/06/2025 - The Pilot Programme for Series Co-Productions has selected series from Spain, Norway, Greece, Serbia, the Netherlands and Poland The results of the third round of project’s evaluation ...

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A new report by the Council of Europe that found hate speech is widespread in Ireland has put fresh pressure on the ...

International Olympic Committee Vice President, Nawal El Moutawakel, has been awarded the North-South Prize by the Council of ...