‘Maestro’, a new application to make learning classical music more attractive and enjoyable has been launched in Armenia, developed by professional musicians Lucy Bichakhchyan and Arus Nazaryan as part of the EU-funded Artbox programme....
‘Maestro’, a new application to make learning classical music more attractive and enjoyable has been launched in Armenia, developed by professional musicians Lucy Bichakhchyan and Arus Nazaryan as part of the EU-funded Artbox programme. “Traditional methods of music education can sometimes seem dry and unappealing. These methods discourage young...
Press remarks by President Charles Michel following the trilateral meeting with President Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Pashinyan of Armenia BRUSSELS- 14 May 2023- It was a pleasure to host President Aliyev and Prime Minister Pashinyan today for a fifth meeting in Brussels. Our exchanges were frank, open...
Prior to the meeting with the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on 14 May, 2023 the EAFJD as a pan-European grassroots organization calls on the President of the European Council Charles Michel to mediate for peace by prioritizing the fundamental rights of the...
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed, with EU diplomatic mediation, to meet again on 14 May 2023 for a trilateral meeting in Brussels. The European Union will be represented at the meeting by European Council President Charles Michel, who continues his efforts to advance the EU’s efforts...
32 Belgian and French politicians, public figures and representatives of organizations issued a statement, condemning the establishment of the Azerbaijani checkpoint on the Hakari bridge, at the Lachin corridor in Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh. In the statement they call on the Azerbaijani government to fulfill its obligations, immediately open the Lachin corridor,...
Strasbourg, 02.05.2023 – In a statement to mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, Council of Europe’s Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić urged European governments to make the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists and other media actors a political priority: “As journalists and other media actors are...
The Prague Civil Society Centre Fellowship Programme offers civil society leaders, journalists and activists a three-month stay in Prague to think, reset, network, explore new possibilities and work on their projects. The 2023/2024 fellowships will be held in Prague in three slots: from 1 October to 31 December 2023,...
Azerbaijan’s unilateral establishment of a checkpoint along the Lachin corridor runs counter to European Union calls for reducing tensions and solving issues by dialogue, EU High Representative Josep Borrell said on Twitter yesterday. On 23 April, Azerbaijan announced that it had set up a checkpoint in the Lachin corridor....
EU High Representative Josep Borrell today announced the appointment of new heads of EU Delegations to Armenia and Ukraine and a new chargé d’affaires in Belarus. Vassilis Maragos has been nominated as the EU Ambassador to Armenia. He is currently Head of Unit for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo in the...
Strasbourg, 03.04.2023 – The Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) today published a report on Armenia assessing progress made in implementing the recommendations issued to the country in the Fourth Round Evaluation Report (2015) on corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors. GRECO concludes that...