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Worrying trends in treatment of national minorities highlighted in new Council of Europe report
Increasing challenges – including hostility and unequal treatment – to minority rights in Europe in 2024-26
From traditional singing to medieval mercantile adventures: three new Council of Europe cultural routes in 2026
Fifteenth Advisory Forum on the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe is taking place in Yerevan
Ukraine signs Council of Europe’s Convention on the co-production of audiovisual works in the form of series
Signature took place on the margins of the Carpathian Summit focusing on extending regional integration
Council-of-Europe-supported Woman Unknown wins Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival
Remarkable 2026 awards run from the Oscars and Cannes to Venice continues for Eurimages
The wheel that turned Liechtenstein towards Europe
Parliamentarian’s gift became milestone on road to membership
Europe’s heritage is at risk: European Heritage Days 2026
Languages, built heritage, traditions, ancient sites all highlighted as vulnerable
“Happy are they who have come to know the rural gods.” – Virgil
Get out of the big smoke and into the European pastoral this summer with the Transhumance Trails, a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe
3rd Free to Create Workshop on Artistic Freedom held in Ljubljana
Hosted by Kino Šiška – a cultural hub in Ljubljana, Slovenia - the Council of Europe organised the 3rd Workshop on Artistic Freedom in Europe.
European Heritage Days national coordinators gather in Bern to explore “Heritage at Risk” and future themes
National coordinators of the European Heritage Days (EHD) programme gathered in Bern, Switzerland, from 19 to 20 May 2026 for the annual Assembly of Coordinators, hosted by the Swiss Cultural Heritage Network in cooperation with the Council of Europe.
Twelfth Palme d’Or for the Council of Europe in red-letter night
Council of Europe’s Eurimages involved in production of eight winning films at Cannes film festival
Gaza: Parliamentary Assembly condemns Israel’s killing of local journalists and Hamas’s violations of press freedom
The PACE Standing Committee, meeting today in Monaco, strongly condemned “the deliberate targeting and killing of local journalists in Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces” and Israel’s prohibition on international journalists and media outlets accessing the Gaza Strip. It also deplores the...
Twenty-two Council of Europe films in competition at Cannes film festival
Eurimages hopes to maintain outstanding record at 79th edition of the festival
Gaza: committee condemns Israel’s killing of local journalists and Hamas’s violations of press freedom
The Committee on Culture, Science, Education, and Media, meeting today in Strasbourg, strongly condemned “the deliberate targeting and killing of local journalists in Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces,” and Israel’s prohibition on international journalists and media outlets accessing the Gaza...
London’s Young V&A is honoured at Strasbourg ceremony
The ‘most joyful museum in the world’ receives the 2026 Council of Europe Museum Prize The Young V&A in the United Kingdom was hailed as offering children “a message of hope for the future” as it was awarded the 2026 Council of Europe Museum Prize at a ceremony today in Strasbourg in front of...
London’s Young V&A receives the 2026 Council of Europe Museum prize
The “most joyful museum in the world” honoured at ceremony in Strasbourg
Nine countries sign new Council of Europe Convention on series co-production at Series Mania
“This treaty will better establish the position of independent producers in a market dominated by non-European players” – Alain Berset
Council of Europe’s Eurimages awards €9.8M to 32 film co-productions
Majority of funding to go to female-directed films
Eurimages-supported Sentimental Value takes Oscar for best international feature film
Council of Europe continues superb record at Academy Awards
The Oscar for Best International Feature Film goes to SENTIMENTAL VALUE, supported by Eurimages
SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier has just taken home the Oscar for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. Eurimages is proud to have supported this co-production between Norway, France, Denmark and Germany. Its triumph represents a 12th victory at the Oscars for a film...
Sixth Parliamentary Assembly Human Rights in Motion Award goes to 'Birds of War' by Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak
The former President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Theodoros Rousopoulos, presented the sixth ‘Human Rights in Motion’ Award at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival. The international jury selected Birds of War, a documentary by the Lebanese journalist...
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