The members of the European Council are the heads of state or government of the 27 EU member states, the European Council President and the President of the European Commission.

Europe's top human rights organisation has pulled posters from a campaign that promoted respect for Muslim women who choose to wear headscarves after provoking opposition in France. The Council of ...

The declaration by Europe’s oldest intergovernmental organisation founded to uphold rule of law across the continent includes a demand on the Russian Federation to pay reparations to Ukraine. In a ...

Luxembourg has taken over the rotating Presidency of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers from Lithuania at a ...

The main thrust of a new EU self-assessment is a call to double down on PESCO and make it a stronger force for a defensive ...

Protection – the first thematic event of the Council of Europe’s ‘Journalists Matter’ campaign – will end in Strasbourg with a multi-stakeholder dialogue on Tuesday and Wednesday.

A draft treaty to protect human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, agreed at the Council of Europe (CoE) on Thursday (14 March), leaves it up to countries to decide how to include the private ...

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur for Varosha Piero Fassino visited the city on Wednesday, marking his second visit to Cyprus since undertaking the role.

The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers has launched infringement proceedings against Ankara that have so far stressed dialogue but could eventually see Turkey’s removal or its membership ...