Council of Europe

Latvian Foreign Minister says democracy, human rights the bedrock of freedom and peace in Europe

Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs took part in the official handover ceremony for the Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of...

Valentinavičius. The Lithuania of Rustic: What is its future in the EU?

“Pray to God that a rustic will not become a noble one” or “It’s hard for a rustic to be a noble“ is probably the best way to describe the attitude...

Valentinavičius. Lithuania’s political agenda on human rights: keep gays and migrants out of Lithuania

How are gays and migrants alike? They are instrumentalised. The ones were instrumentalised by the East, the others by the West, so neither is needed in...

Foreign Minister: we don’t have to guess when Ukraine’s counter-attack will or will not happen

On 24 April in Luxembourg, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis attended the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg, which...

Latvian Foreign Minister: it cannot be tolerated that Russian Federation citizens are employed in Council of Europe’s institutions

On 16 March, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs met with Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Marija Pejčinović Burić,...