[EWB Interview] Štefánek: Situation with refugees in the Western Balkans is improving
The developments in Afghanistan have triggered a new cycle of speculation about potential rise of the number of migrants and asylum seekers who would try...
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[EWB Interview] Fassino: EU must immediately send out positive signals to the Western Balkans
by EWB
Since last year, Piero Fassino has been the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy, with Balkans being one of his...
Data Protection @40: Freedoms and rights in the cyber age
In January human rights defenders worldwide marked the 40th anniversary of the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic...
SafeJournalists Network asks OSCE, EC and CoE to act regarding use of excessive force against journalists in Albania
by EWB Archives
WESTERN BALKANS – SafeJournalists Network sent a letter to the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media...
GRECO report: Serbia again “globally unsatisfactory”, calls for publication of report
by EWB
BELGRADE – The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) called on the Serbian authorities to allow the publication of the second report from the Fourth...
GRECO: Albania is ready to start negotiating membership chapters with the EU
by EWB
STRASBOURG – The fight against corruption in Albania has become so sophisticated and powerful that the country is ready to start negotiating membership chapters with...
Monitoring co-rapporteurs for Serbia deeply concerned by financial investigations against prominent CSOs and media
by EWB
STRASBOURG – We are deeply concerned about the information that financial investigations were launched by the Serbian Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering against...
Come Out for Human Rights!
On 17 May, we celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT). Thirty years ago, on 17 May 1990 the World Health Organisation in...
Marija Pejčinović Burić elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe
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STRASBOURG – The Assembly yesterday elected Croatian Foreign Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić as Secretary General of the Council of Europe for a five-year term beginning...
[EWB Interview] Penninckx: Threats to media freedom persist in Western Balkan countries
Interview with Patrick Penninckx, Head of the Information Society Department at the Directorate General Human Rights and the Rule of Law at the Council of Europe....