09/04/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, and Lord George Foulkes of Cumnock (United Kingdom, SOC), PACE rapporteur on “Football governance: business and values” held on 8 April talks via videoconference, addressing a number of key issues for sport and for society. “We had a very constructive discussion...
05/02/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The 2021 Council of Europe Museum Prize has been awarded to Gulag History Museum (Moscow, Russian Federation). The museum was selected by the Culture Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) meeting today. The Gulag History Museum documents mass repression and...
03/02/2021 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), General Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on media freedom and the protection of journalists, has today strongly condemned police brutality and judicial abuses against journalists reporting peaceful demonstrations in more...
04/12/2020 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The need to change how wealth is redistributed across professional football in Europe, following the crisis caused by COVID-19, was the main topic of a PACE parliamentary hearing on solidarity in the sport. Representatives from all sides of the game – the world and European governing bodies...
30/11/2020 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The impact of COVID-19 on football, and the need for greater financial solidarity in the sport, will be among themes tackled by top officials from all sides of the world of professional European football at a PACE virtual parliamentary hearing on 4 December 2020. Giving players and fans a greater...
03/11/2020 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The National Museum of Secret Surveillance “House of Leaves” (Tirana, Albania) was yesterday awarded the Council of Europe’s Museum Prize at a ceremony in Tirana with the participation of the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, and the Minister of Culture, Elva Margariti. The Diploma was...
30/10/2020 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
“Attacks on journalists, in particular on those who investigate corruption and the abuse of power, are continuously on the rise,” said Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), General Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on media freedom and the protection of...
25/09/2020 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
The Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, meeting by videoconference, expressed its concern about academic freedom and institutional autonomy of higher education institutions, considering that they were under threat, ranging from the criminalisation of researchers, scholars and...
17/09/2020 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), General Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on media freedom and the protection of journalists, has today expressed his serious concern regarding the possibility that the Parliament of Albania may adopt a number of amendments...
01/09/2020 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), General Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on media freedom and the protection of journalists, has today strongly condemned police brutality against peaceful demonstrators in Belarus and the harsh treatment of journalists on...
23/07/2020 | Culture, Science, Education and Media
Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), General Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on media freedom and the protection of journalists, today expressed his serious concerns about the social media bill that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Turkey...
22/05/2020 | 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 detention of journalists, an appalling phenomenon which has been observed for many years...