18.12.08 - Strasbourg,
The two Monitoring Committee co-rapporteurs of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) on the consequences of the war between Russia and Georgia have expressed serious concern that the escalation of tensions and provocations along the administrative borders could...(>>>)
17.12.08 - Strasbourg,
“Despite some positive steps, the situation of the victims affected by the South Ossetia conflict remains worrisome” said the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, publishing a report on his follow-up visit to the areas affected by the conflict....(>>>)
17.12.08 -
Under the authority of the Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs (DG-HL) and the overall supervision of the Head of the Legal and Human Rights Capacity Building Division, the Project Officer will be responsible for the implementation of the project in Georgia,...(>>>)
03.12.08 - Tbilisi,
GEPAC, the project of “Support to the Anti-corruption Strategy of Georgia (GEPAC)”, aims at strengthening national capacities in support of the implementation of the anti-corruption strategy and action plan in compliance with European and international standards. It also provides...(>>>)
03.12.08 - Strasbourg,
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe today launched an appeal to European territorial communities to help their counterparts in the conflict zone in South Caucasus. In a resolution adopted after the debate on local consequences of the conflict,...(>>>)
02.12.08 - Strasbourg,
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has just adopted the organisation’s budgets for the year 2009. The ordinary budget amounts to € 205 million, based on a zero real growth of member States’ contributions. As the Council of Europe enters its seventh decade in 2009,...(>>>)
02.12.08 - Strasbourg,
Spain will take over from Sweden as Chair of the Committee of Ministers at a meeting on Thursday 27 November in Strasbourg. Under the joint chairmanship of Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, and Miguel Angel Moratinos, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain,...(>>>)