Tirana, 15.05.2025 – Against the backdrop of war, democratic backsliding, and accelerating disruption in Europe and the world, Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset will join over 40 European heads of state and government at...
Tirana, 15.05.2025 – Against the backdrop of war, democratic backsliding, and accelerating disruption in Europe and the world, Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset will join over 40 European heads of state and government at the sixth European Political Community (EPC) Summit, hosted on 16 May in Tirana, Albania. Under the...
David Vardanyan, son of Armenian philanthropist and political prisoner Ruben Vardanyan, currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan, has penned a powerful op-ed in Fox News, calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to take decisive action to secure the release of 24 Armenian Christian prisoners unjustly held in Baku. For more than...
Strasbourg, 08.04.2025 – The 2025 Europe Prize has been awarded by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to the city of Gaziantep in Türkiye. The Prize is awarded each year to the city that has been most active in promoting the European ideal. Gaziantep is a...
We are advocating for the release of Armenian hostages detained by Azerbaijan, and for that, we need your assistance. We have launched this petition directed to several OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) high-ranking officials to initiate mechanisms available to the OSCE to assess Azerbaijan’s legal and administrative...
The European Commission and the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus are “closely following” the trials against the 16 Karabakh Armenian defendants that have been taking place at the Baku Military Court since 17 January of this year. In a speech yesterday on behalf of EU High...
Strasbourg, 14.03.2025 – The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, welcomes the announcements of Armenia and Azerbaijan on the finalisation of negotiations on the draft Agreement on Peace and Establishment of Interstate Relations. When joining the Council of Europe in 2001, both countries pledged to work towards peaceful...
The Syrian Armenian newspaper Kantsasar has reported that two Armenians were killed in Latakia. Yesterday, at the entrance of Latakia, a father and son, Antoine and Fadi Boutros, were shot and killed. Their funeral will take place today at the St. Astvatsatsin Church in Latakia. Kantsasar has also reported...
On 26 February, the EU-funded ‘Support for Health Resilience in the Eastern Partnership’ programme, implemented by the World Health Organisation, was officially launched in Armenia. In Armenia, this initiative aims to strengthen the country’s health resilience by addressing critical workforce challenges and expanding access to mental health support. “Investing...
Jerusalem – February 19, 2025 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” (Matthew 5:6) With great concern, we, the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem, stand in steadfast solidarity with the Orthodox Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem in its pursuit of...
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský concluded his working visit to Washington D.C. on Friday. During two days he presented Czech interests to representatives of the new US administration and Congress. The main items on the agenda were a meeting with the Special Representative for Ukraine and Russia, General Keith Kellogg,...
