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EP: EU visa freedom for citizens of Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Ecuador

MEPs approved visa-free travel for up to 90 days for citizens of Kuwait, if it agrees to a moratorium on death penalties, as well...

Greece: Too many prisoners held in conditions that represent “an affront to their human dignity” according to CPT report

The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published its report on a visit to...

PACE calls for an ad hoc international criminal tribunal

PACE calls for an ad hoc international criminal tribunal to hold to account perpetrators of the crime of aggression against Ukraine. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...

The incumbent CAR president managed to hold legitimate elections without violence

Almost 2 million voters in the Central African Republic (CAR) went to the polls on Sunday to elect the country's president for the next...

Intimidation, ill-treatment allegations, fear of reprisals in Ukrainian penal colonies: new report by CPT

The Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) has published a new report following its ad hoc visit to Ukraine in August 2020 to review the treatment of persons held in penitentiary institutions,...

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Mette Frederiksen begins third term as Denmark’s Prime Minister

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Commission fast-tracks shift from animal testing in chemical safety evaluations

On 1st June, the European Commission unveiled a comprehensive...

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The European reset: Why federalism is no longer an ideology, but a survival strategy

The geopolitical illusion of a "wait-and-see" Europe is officially...

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