Posted on 10 May 2011.
A column written by Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, on the Council’s new convention on Domestic violence against women which will be open for signatures tomorrow, during the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers conference being held today and tomorrow in Istanbul. Read the full story
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Posted on 24 June 2010.
At the end of a debate on the handling of the H1N1 pandemic, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today endorsed the conclusions of its Health Committee, which were published on 4 June last. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 May 2010.
Swedish diplomat and Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg speaks out on the Lithuania Gay Pride ban: Read the full story
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Posted on 03 May 2010.
An opinion article to commemorate World Press Freedom Day by Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe and Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee. Read the full story
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Posted on 25 April 2010.
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, this week welcomed the initiative by Google to release data concerning requests to remove or censor content. Read the full story
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Posted on 03 March 2010.
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has recently published its Third Round Evaluation Report on Denmark, in which it recommends more severe penal sanctions for corruption offences and further transparency in party funding, among other measures. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 December 2009.
An opinion piece provided by the Council of Europe in the Nordic Countries:
Last month in China, President Barack Obama said that criticism on the Internet had made him a better president. There is no doubt that the Internet renders our decision makers more transparent and accountable than ever before. Read the full story
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Posted on 09 October 2009.
Thorbjorn Jagland, the former President of the Norwegian Storting and head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee was voted into the role of Secretary General for the Council of Europe by the group’s members at the beginning of the month. Jagland received more than twice the votes for his opponent, the former Polish PM Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz. Jagland has considerable experience in the European theatre, having previously held the offices of Norwegian Foreign Minister and Prime Minister. Read the full story
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No Motörhead wine for Icelanders, branding too negative
Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival begins today
Multiple shooting in Greenland hamlet
IMF refutes claim it tried to shut Icelandic national theatre and museum
Iceland central bank holds rates, predicts ongoing economic growth
Continued Malmö violence embarrasses police
Currency exchange privacy case thrown out of Icelandic court
Sauli Niinistö wins Finland presidential race
Iceland historic French village restoration finance secured
Murder in Hafnarfjörður
