I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm drilling down on two big issues: Kosovo's chances of joining the Council of Europe and the weakening of the EU's sanctions on Russia.

Its meetings are chaired by the deputy permanent representative of the country holding the presidency of the Council of the European Union. The work of Coreper I is prepared by the 'Mertens Group'.

Switzerland's biggest political party demanded a withdrawal from the Council of Europe after the continent's top rights court on Tuesday ruled the country was not doing enough to tackle climate ...

Türkiye continues its effective presence in the activities of the Council of Europe, and there are no signs this will change, a council spokesman said Friday. During a press visit arranged by the ...

The European Court of Human Rights, part of the 46-member Council of Europe, will rule on whether governments' climate change policies are violating the European Convention on Human Rights ...

"The United Kingdom government should refrain from removing people under the Rwanda policy and reverse the bill's effective infringement of judicial independence," said the Council of Europe's ...

ADDS Greenpeace, Socialist, Green reax Switzerland's biggest political party demanded a withdrawal from the Council of Europe after the continent's top rights court on Tuesday ruled that the ...

The Council of Europe’s AI policy toolbox initiative The Policy Toolbox, which will be introduced next, has been developed as the basis for preparing the recommendation on AI-boosted learning in ...

the European People's Party (61%), the Socialists & Democrats (62%), the liberals of Renew Europe (59%) and the Greens (63%). The "positive" rate drops to 47% with the hard-right European ...

The parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe, a European human rights body, has recommended that Kosovo become a member of the Council of Europe in a historic vote. 131 members voted for ...

This is a glaring and problematic omission that should be swiftly rectified by the Council of Europe, for instance by adopting an additional protocol on the matter. There is no excuse for Europe ...