08/11/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Long periods of isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic have shown to what degree education and exposure to culture are vital for individual and collective well-being, PACE Committee on culture underlined. And adherence to democratic values and active citizenship, particularly among young people...
28/09/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, meeting in hybrid mode in Strasbourg today, stressed the importance of history education in strengthening common values and helping young people acquire a nuanced and critical understanding of the past. In this respect, the committee...
07/07/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), General Rapporteur on media freedom and the safety of journalists for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has today expressed his shock at the armed attack perpetrated on Tuesday 6 July against Peter R. de Vries, a well-known Dutch crime...
22/06/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
In a declaration adopted unanimously today, the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media called on public authorities to give full attention to sport in the development of anti-covid measures and to work with the sport movement to find ways to mitigate the damaging impacts of the crisis...
25/05/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), General Rapporteur on media freedom and the safety of journalists for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has today expressed his grave concern at the arrest and detention by the Belarusian authorities of Raman Pratasevich, co-founder of...
21/05/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
According to the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, despite significant results, the current policies and efforts of member States to combat climate change and its impacts remain insufficient. In this context, the committee called on States to review their research and...
21/05/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
A PACE committee is urging European governments to create a broad “right to know” – consisting of maximum transparency in public life, a vibrant and diverse media, and a rich educational and cultural environment – in order to encourage democratic participation and combat “post-truth...
11/05/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Lord George Foulkes of Cumnock (United Kingdom, SOC), PACE rapporteur on “Football governance: business and values” held an exchange of views by videoconference yesterday with UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin. Following the meeting, Lord Foulkes said: “In these quite difficult times, we need a...
03/05/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), General Rapporteur on media freedom and the safety of journalists for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has today expressed concern over the decision of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation to add the independent Latvia-based...
19/04/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“I am surprised and deeply disappointed by the announcement made by 12 elite European football clubs of their intention to launch a European Super League,” said Lord George Foulkes (United Kingdom, SOC), rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Football...
13/04/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), General Rapporteur on media freedom and the safety of journalists for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has today expressed his horror at the murder of Giorgos Karaivaz, a veteran Greek crime reporter who was shot several times outside...
12/04/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, meeting today by videoconference, deplores that nearly six years after the adoption of the first landmark resolution of the UN Security Council on youth, peace and security, little progress has been made and that the potential of young...