Congress to observe second round of elections in Vojvodina

20.05.2008Strasbourg , 20.05.2008 – The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will observe the second round of the provincial elections in Vojvodina (Republic of Serbia), which will be held on 25 May. ...
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Local and provincial elections largely in line with international standards but Serbia needs identifiable local leadership

16.05.2008 Belgrade, 12.05.2008 – The provincial elections in Vojvodina and the local elections throughout Serbia, held on 11 May, were in line with international election standards, according to the observers of the Congress of Local and Regiona...
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Council of Europe Congress to observe local and provincial elections in Serbia

07.05.2008 Strasbourg , 06.05.2008 – The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will observe the local elections in Serbia and the assembly elections in its autonomous province of Vojvodina on Sunday 11 May. The Congress...
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Hate, hypocrites and human rights - IDAHO

19.05.2008 In 1936 the SS Reichsfürer Heinrich Himmler created the Gestapo’s Central Office for the Combating of Homosexuality and Abortion. As a result, an estimated 100,000 men were arrested as homosexuals, and some 50,000 of these men were sente...
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Serbia’s hard-fought and generally well-organized parliamentary elections gave voters a free choice

13.05.2008 BELGRADE, 12 May 2008 – The vigorously contested early parliamentary elections in Serbia were conducted in an overall professional manner, allowing the country’s voters to choose freely among a wide range of political options, the Inter...
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European Parliament Speakers Summit - Strasbourg May 22-23

20.05.2008 Strasbourg, 15.05.2008 – Speakers and presidents of parliament from the 47 Council of Europe member states will gather in Strasbourg from 22 to 23 May 2008 for a major summit conference on the twin themes of “parliaments and civil ...
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Council of Europe supports fourth Night of the Museums: Saturday 17 May

19.05.2008   Strasbourg, 16.05.2008 - The Council of Europe is offering its patronage for the fourth year running to a Europewide initiative to encourage a broader range...
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Sweden takes up chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers

08.05.2008 [07/05/2008 15:00:00] At the 118th session of the Committee of Ministers in Strasbourg on 7 May, Ján Kubiš, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, took stock of the c...
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International election observers to hold press conference in Belgrade on Monday, May 12

09.05.2008BELGRADE , 9 May 2008 - The International Election Observation Mission deployed to monitor the 11 May elections in ...
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PACE delegation to observe parliamentary elections in Serbia

06.05.2008Strasbourg, 06.05.2008 – A 29-member delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) headed by Jean-Charles Gardetto (Monaco...
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South-eastern Europe and common stability and security on the agenda of Council of Europe Ministers

05.05.2008Strasbourg, 5.5.2008 – Over 30 Ministers for Foreign Affairs or Europe Ministers from Council of Europe member countries are due to meet in Strasbourg on Wednesday 7 May. Under the chairmanship of Jan Kubis, Slovakian Minister ...
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World Press Freedom Day - Statement by Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis

05.05.2008 Strasbourg, 02.05.2008 - There can be no genuine democracy without freedom of expression. Abraham Lincoln was right when he said that y...
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Olympics: spotlight on lack of human rights in China - Statement by the PACE Political Affairs Committee

17.04.2008The Olympic Games have ’’put the spotlight on China’s lack of human rights and democracy,’’ said Göran Lindblad, Chair of the Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly, on 17 April, in opening a hearing on the politica...
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Roundtable on the draft Law on Unlawful Concentration and Transparency of Media Ownership – Belgrade, April 23

21.04.2008Council of Europe Office in Belgrade, as part of the joint EAR and Coe programme of supporting the improving of the freedom of expression and information in Serbia and in cooperation with the Serbian Culture Ministry is organising a roundtable t...
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Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg presents his annual report

15.04.2008Discrimination and racism, children’s rights, gender equality, freedom of expression and judicial independence are among the issues which still raise important human rights concerns in member states, the Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Ha...
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