10/04/2019 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Culture committee has proposed that the Council of Europe and the European Commission reflect on the creation of a Europe-wide tool to recognise the competences developed by young people participating in arts activities.
05/03/2019 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Social media companies must “rethink” their policies to stop the dissemination of unlawful material and to counter disinformation, according to a report by the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media.
21/02/2019 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Lord George Foulkes, PACE General Rapporteur on media freedom, has expressed concern over police actions against the Russian journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva, detained over her comments on a suicide bombing.
24/01/2019 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Culture and heritage have a useful role to play in regions and localities by supporting their economies and by improving cooperation with their communities, the Committee on Culture said.
07/12/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The 2019 Council of Europe Museum Prize has been awarded to the Museum of Communication (Bern, Switzerland). The museum was selected by the Culture Committee of the PACE at a meeting in Paris today.
07/12/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Committee on culture considers that intangible cultural heritage (ICH), which includes traditions or living expressions inherited from the past, must be safeguarded in Europe.
07/12/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
In the new media environment, where the dissemination of disinformation, propaganda or hate speech is growing, public service media are by definition well placed to counteract the phenomenon of information disorder.
06/12/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Committee on Culture today called for a critical reflection on internet governance and underlined that this issue “must be a core aspect of public policy, both at national level and in regional and global multilateral relations”.
18/10/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
PACE members meeting at a major gathering of sports ministers have proposed ten key steps to protect children against sexual abuse, crack down on corruption and help sport uphold its core values for human rights.
25/09/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“Media freedom is an essential condition for democratic elections; the media must be free to inform the public without political or economic pressure,” said the Culture Committee, meeting in Tbilisi.
07/09/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Lord George Foulkes expressed his concern regarding a Kyiv court’s decision to grant the Prosecutor's General's Office access to text messages, calls and locations from the phone of journalist Natalie Sedletska.
02/05/2018 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Marking World Press Freedom Day (3 May), Lord George Foulkes, General Rapporteur on media freedom and the safety of journalists, has highlighted the fundamental role of journalists and the media in democratic societies.