Today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP29 in Baku, the European Investment Bank Global Division (EIB Global) and the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
Today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP29 in Baku, the European Investment Bank Global Division (EIB Global) and the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Under the terms of the MoU, the two parties will work together to advance...
On 12 November, world leaders gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the world leaders climate action summit kicking off the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29). The EU was represented by European Council President Charles Michel. In his address to the COP29 plenary, President Charles Michel called for an...
At the COP29 UN Climate Change Conference on 11-22 November in Azerbaijan, the European Union will work with international partners to deliver on the goals of the Paris Agreement of limiting global average temperature rise to as close as possible to 1.5C. Climate change continues to be an issue...
The fifth meeting of the European Policy Community will bring together leaders from across the continent today in Budapest, Hungary. Forty-seven heads of state and government are invited to take part in the meeting, including from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. The leaders will discuss Europe’s security challenges,...
Strasbourg, 27.10.2024 – While voters were offered a choice between 18 candidate lists and candidates could generally campaign freely, Georgia’s parliamentary elections were marred by entrenched polarization and concerns over recently adopted legislation and its impact on fundamental freedoms and civil society, as well as highly divisive campaign rhetoric and widespread...
Parliament condemns repression of activists, journalists and opposition leaders, at home and abroad MEPs say Azerbaijan’s abuses are incompatible with its hosting of COP29 Call for the withdrawal of troops from Armenian territory In a resolution adopted on 24 October, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) strongly condemned the...
The COP29 United Nations climate change conference that will start in Baku in less than three weeks is an opportunity for the Azerbaijani authorities to demonstrate the commitment to their international human rights obligations, EU High Representative Josep Borrell said in a speech, delivered yesterday at the European Parliament...
By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Turkish investigative journalist Uzay Bulut published on the Gatestone Institute’s website an article titled, “Turkish Textbooks: Turning History on Its Head.” Bulut wrote: “Turkish government authorities have targeted their own indigenous peoples of Anatolia, namely the Pontic Greeks and Armenians. In the twentieth century, Ottoman Turkey largely...
Strasbourg, 26.08.2024 – PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has reacted to the announcement by the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan that certain members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will be considered as personae non grata in the country. “This a more than regrettable signal which only renders the...
Strasbourg, 03.07.2024 – The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has issued a public statement on Azerbaijan today. This Statement, which is made in application of Article 10 (2) of the Convention establishing the Committee (*), addresses the...