Consiglio d’Europa

Press Releases

1 April 2025

Deputy Minister Cirielli’s mission to Strasbourg

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Cirielli concluded a mission to Strasbourg today. In his meetings with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, and the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Despina Chatzivassiliou, he confirmed Italy’s strong support for the work of the organisation in the areas […]

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Press Releases

2 April 2024

Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Maria Tripodi at the Conference “Restoring Justice for Ukraine”.

By delegation of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Maria Tripodi participated in The Hague in the Conference “Restoring Justice for Ukraine”, organised by the Netherlands, Ukraine and the European Commission. The Conference explored the various initiatives to combat impunity for crimes perpetrated […]

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Events

13 July 2023

Raoul Wallenberg Prize 2024: Nominations start

The General Secretariat of the Council of Europe has officially launched the call for nominations for the Raoul Wallenberg Prize 2024. The prize was established by the Council of Europe together with the Swedish Government and the Hungarian Parliament in memory of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who protected the Jewish community in Budapest in 1944-45. […]

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Press Releases

19 May 2022

Minister Di Maio in Turin to chair the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Ministers of the Council of Europe (19-20 May 2022)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will chair the Foreign Ministers Meeting of the 46 Member States of the Council of Europe, including the 27 EU Member States, to be held in Turin on 19-20 May. The 132nd session of the Committee of Ministers will mark the close of Italy’s 6-month […]

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Press Releases

16 February 2022

Ukraine. Della Vedova has a conference call with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Within the framework of the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the Italian Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, had a video conference call with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Tiny Cox, on the Ukrainian crisis. Undersecretary […]

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In detail

9 February 2022

Che cosa NON è (e cosa fa) il Consiglio d’Europa

Nel novembre scorso l’Italia ha assunto la presidenza del Comitato dei Ministri del Consiglio d’Europa, una carica che manterrà fino a maggio. Si tratta di un organismo tanto importante quanto poco conosciuto: basti pensare che è nell’ambito del Consiglio che agisce la Corte europea per i diritti dell’Uomo e che la Convenzione di Istanbul sulla […]

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