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Deaf to critics, Orban changes Hungary's constitution
Mar 11, 2013 16:37 EDT
Hungary's parliament on Monday stoked concerns about creeping authoritarianism in the European Union member state by altering the constitution for the fourth time since Prime Minister Viktor Orban won power in 2010.
Despite critics, Orban changes Hungary's constitution
Mar 11, 2013 12:58 EDT
Hungary's parliament approved Monday changes to the constitution that have raised fears in Brussels and Washington of growing authoritarianism under Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the European Union member state.
Give needles, condoms to inmates to curb HIV: experts
Mar 01, 2013 02:57 EST
Giving inmates drug substitution treatment, needles and condoms are key ways to help curb addiction and HIV infection in European jails, experts say, calling on authorities to change their approach to prison health care.
China: 'leading bad actor in cyberspace,' experts say
Feb 22, 2013 00:46 EST
China's full-throated denials of hacking and counter-accusations of its own do nothing to allay growing concern over large-scale cyberspying alleged in a bombshell report this week, Western analysts said.
FIFA calls for strict match-fixing laws
Feb 20, 2013 06:15 EST
Football authorities vowed Wednesday to excise the "cancer" of match-fixing but said tougher laws were needed worldwide to smash criminal syndicates suspected of rigging hundreds of matches.
FIFA vows to stamp out match-fixing 'cancer'
Feb 20, 2013 03:16 EST
Football authorities vowed to excise the "cancer" of match-fixing, but said tougher laws were needed worldwide to protect the bruised integrity of the world's most popular sport.
German financier named new Vatican bank chief
Feb 15, 2013 13:27 EST
The Vatican on Friday named a German financier as head of its scandal-hit bank to help overhaul the secretive institution, but the news was overshadowed by his ties to a warship builder.
German politics, 'envy' undermining bailout: Cyprus
Jan 27, 2013 18:42 EST
Cypriot officials are hitting back at Germany with charges that German domestic politics and "envy" over the island's role as a financial hub are damaging efforts to seal an EU bailout before the eurozone nation sinks into bankruptcy.
Hundreds demonstrate in Athens against racism, fascism
Jan 19, 2013 13:00 EST
Hundreds of people held a rally against racism and fascism in central Athens on Saturday as mourners gathered to pray over the body of a man killed in a suspected racist attack.
Cyprus bailout deal 'several meetings' away
Jan 09, 2013 11:48 EST
Cyprus Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly briefs his eurozone partners Thursday on his government's mounting money problems but diplomats are already making clear that any bailout is well down the line.
Bank card payments suspended in Vatican: reports
Jan 03, 2013 07:43 EST
The Bank of Italy has suspended all bank card payments in the Vatican including for tickets to its famous museum until further notice because of a failure to fully implement anti money laundering legislation, Italian media reported on Thursday.
Gruesome Kosovo probe held under tight security
Nov 27, 2012 17:43 EST
Visitors need 24-hour security clearance, grizzled Belgian guards man the entrance, no phones or cameras please: welcome to the latest, and probably the last, of the big Balkans war crimes probes.
Kosovo probe chief fears witness intimidation
Nov 27, 2012 09:23 EST
Visitors need 24-hour security clearance, grizzled Belgian guards man the entrance, no phones or cameras please: welcome to the latest, and probably the last, of the big Balkans war crimes probes.
Britain could maintain prisoners' voting ban: minister
Nov 22, 2012 12:49 EST
Britain's justice minister told lawmakers on Thursday they could vote to maintain a ban on prisoners voting, defying a European ruling.
Dutch hospital probes international organ trafficking
Nov 15, 2012 20:31 EST
A Dutch university hospital backed by Europol is to lead an international enquiry into illegal organ trafficking to determine organised crime's involvement.
World anti-doping agency says 'lacks funding'
Nov 12, 2012 12:02 EST
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Monday called for wider efforts to tackle the use of banned substances in sport, warning that lack of funding was hampering its fight against increasingly sophisticated cheating.
Berlin art show traces desire for freedom
Oct 16, 2012 09:50 EDT
An exhibition exploring the concept of freedom through post-World War II artworks begins a European tour here Wednesday, a stone's throw from where the Berlin Wall once stood.
Nobel Peace Prize to EU or Eastern European activists?
Oct 12, 2012 03:07 EDT
The crisis-hit European Union, Belarussian or Russian human rights activists, or a non-violent protest theorist whose ideas inspired the Arab Spring? Speculation ahead of Friday's Nobel Peace Prize announcement is rife.
Nobel Peace Prize to EU or Eastern European activists?
Oct 11, 2012 23:07 EDT
The crisis-hit European Union, Belarusian or Russian human rights activists, or a non-violent protest theorist whose ideas inspired the Arab Spring? Speculation ahead of Friday's Nobel Peace Prize announcement is rife.
Georgia opposition stages mass rally ahead of poll
Sep 29, 2012 16:48 EDT
Tens of thousands of Georgians on Saturday joined one of the biggest opposition rallies in years while the ruling party staged a rival mass meeting on the final campaign day before elections.
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Council of Europe
Conseil de l'Europe | ||||||
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| Anthem: Ode to Joy (orchestral) | ||||||
 Ten founding members Joined subsequently Official candidates Observer at the Parliamentary Assembly Observer at the Committee of Ministers Observer at the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly
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| Seat | Strasbourg, France | |||||
| Membership | 47 European states 5 observers (Council) 3 observers (Assembly) | |||||
| Leaders | ||||||
| - | Secretary General | Thorbjørn Jagland | ||||
| - | Deputy Secretary General | Maud de Boer-Buquicchio | ||||
| - | President of the Parliamentary Assembly | Lluis Maria de Puig | ||||
| - | President of the Committee of Ministers | The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the state chairing the Committee of Ministers | ||||
| - | President of the Congress of the Council of Europe | Yavuz Mildon | ||||
| Establishment | ||||||
| - | Treaty of London | 5 May 1949 | ||||
| Website www.coe.int | ||||||
