Mr Thorbjørn Jagland is the 13th Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General has the overall responsibility for the strategic management of the Organisation. Mr Jagland was elected in September 2009.
The former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Norway, Thorbjørn Jagland, aged 62, was also the President of the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) and the leader of the Norwegian Labour Party. He is currently the Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Council of Europe on terrorist attack in Turkey
Strasbourg, 13 May 2013, Following the car bombings which caused the death of over forty persons in the Turkish city of Reyhanlı, near the Syrian border, Thorbjørn Jagland sent a message of condolences to Turkish authorities and people, in which he assured them of the...
Secretary General Jagland on World Press Freedom Day: "European governments must guarantee media freedom as an essential condition for democracy"
Strasbourg, 30 April 2013, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland has urged governments to fully respect the right to freedom of expression and to a free press. He warned that journalists still face oppression and censorship in parts of Europe today. "True...
Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland on the death of Karol Jakubowicz
Strasbourg, 29 April 2013, Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland expressed his sadness over the death, on 28 April, of prominent journalist and proffessor Karol Jakubowicz. "Yesterday we lost a privileged mind, a man with vision and profound knowledge, the capacity to see...
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