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In an official statement released on Friday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) condemned Turkey's July 13 decision to convert the Hagia Sophia from a museum into a mosque. PACE's Committee on Culture, Science, Education & Media...

Greek Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Miltiades Varvitsiotis, along with a group of students and professors from the University of West Attica, presented on Monday the winning logo which will become Greece's official emblem for the country's upcoming Presidency...

Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Thursday that the situation for migrants, including asylum seekers, on Greece's Aegean islands has dramatically worsened over the past twelve months. Mijatovic was speaking after the conclusion of...

The Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) of the Council of Europe published a report on Tuesday which strongly criticizes Greece. The main focus of the report is on how some of...

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has released a harsh report about the harsh reality and the lack of social support that most unaccompanied migrant children are experiencing in Greece's so-called migrant hotspots. The Commissioner recorded her...

A report by a Council of Europe committee, has criticized Greece over the conditions prevailing in a number of temporary detention centers for migrants, and asylum seekers. A report by European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or...

The work The experiment of Larissa -- the Sculpted River -- developing water codes in the centre of the city of Larissa will contest for the Council of Europe's Landscape Award. In total 13 European cities participate in the...

The Council of Europe's new report addressing the situation of refugees and migrants in Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was published on Wednesday by Tomáš Boček, the Special Representative on Migration and Refugees of the Council...

The Council of Europe found that the referendum scheduled to be held on July 5 does “not meet international standards.” In an interview with the Associated Press, Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland revealed that the Greek referendum has a number of shortcomings...

The Standing Committee of the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats adopted a recommendation at its annual meeting last week, urging Greece to prevent habitat deterioration and ensure improved protection of Kyparissia Bay. Indicative...

The recent anti-corruption law aimed to address issues of bribery in the Greek public sector, is a “major step forward” for the country, according to the Council of Europe. However, the institution is questioning whether the law will live up to...

Nils Muiznieks, Europe's Council Commissioner for Human Rights has complained about Greece's migrant policy and has asked Greek authorities to end the collective expulsions of immigrants. The council's official website hosted a letter sent by the commissioner to the Greek Public Order...

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe is reportedly to visit Athens to investigate allegations of attacks against immigrants and journalists by the elected far-right Golden Dawn. Nils Mouiznieks, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council...

Christos Rozakis, a Greek judge and currently the President of the Administrative Tribunal of the Council of Europe, held a lecture at the Faculty of Law, Economic and Political Sciences of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. Christos Rozakis, who formerly was the first vice-president of the European Court of...

Relations in the East Mediterranean, between Greece, Cyprus, and Turkey, were at the center of Thursday's meeting of the Special European Council in Brussels. However, after Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made it clear that provocations against members of the...