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...
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...
Strasbourg, 03.04.2023 Co-production Support The results of the first Eurimages Project Evaluation Session of 2023 have just been announced. Further to recommendations made by independent experts meeting online, the Executive Committee of the Fund has decided to support 32 feature films, including 6 documentaries and 2 animations, for a total amount...
The Armenian city of Ijevan has won the EU4Culture project competition and will receive a grant of up to €300,000 from the European Union to implement the city’s Cultural Development Strategy. The project’s official launch event took place today in Ijevan. The strategy aims to improve cultural infrastructures through continuous creative...
EU NEIGHBOURS EAST – FOTOFESTIWAL Photo Contest: discover the 18 shortlisted finalists
Eighteen photographers – three each from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine – have been shortlisted for the EU NEIGHBOURS EAST – FOTOFESTIWAL photo contest around the theme of ‘family connections’. The 18 finalists have been invited to the Georgian capital Tbilisi, where six winners – one from each country – will be...
The EU Media Facility Lab media outreach and capacity-building initiative is taking place in Yerevan on 17-19 March. It is organised by the EU-funded regional communication programme ‘EU NEIGHBOURS EAST’ in cooperation with the ‘European Media Facility in Armenia’ project, funded by the European Union and led by DW Akademie. The...
