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Official visit by Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset to Monaco
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, will pay an official visit to the Principality of Monaco on 8 and 9 April. He will hold talks with Prince Albert II during an audience,...
Secretary General on official visit to San Marino
Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset visited San Marino to attend the investiture ceremony of the Captains Regent. The Captains Regent of San Marino, who serve as the country’s heads of...
Secretary General Alain Berset deplores serious setback following passing of law expanding use of death penalty in Israel
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, has expressed his deep concern after the adoption, on 30 March 2026, by the Knesset, of a law expanding the use of the death penalty in...
Secretary General Alain Berset urges Israel to abandon plans to expand the death penalty
Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset has issued a direct appeal to Israel’s leadership, urging them to abandon legislative proposals currently before the Knesset that would expand the...
Secretary General on official visit to San Marino and to the community of San Patrignano
Secretary General Alain Berset will pay an official visit to the Republic of San Marino (31 March–1 April) on the occasion of the Investiture Ceremony of Their Excellencies the Captains Regent....
Nine countries sign new Council of Europe Convention on series co-production at Series Mania
Today at the Series Mania forum, nine countries have signed the new Council of Europe Convention on the co-production of audiovisual works in the form of series: France, Georgia, Greece, Italy,...
Building resilience to disinformation and foreign information manipulation and interference
A Council of Europe conference taking place in Chişinău on 20 March is examining innovative ways to combat disinformation, foreign information manipulation and interference, and hate speech, which...
European countries reaffirm importance of European Social Charter at conference in Chișinău
Ministers and senior representatives from Council of Europe member states have adopted a forward-looking declaration reaffirming their commitment to social rights and to the European Social Charter...
President Sandu and Secretary General Berset open Conference on social rights in Chișinău
The Conference on social rights – the European Social Charter has opened today at the Palace of the Republic in Chișinău, bringing together ministers and senior representatives from Council of...
Secretary General highlights gender equality as a democratic security imperative at the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York
Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset took part in the 70th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) in New York from 10 to 12 March, stressing that...