The Latest Breaking News from Council of Europe

The Bill passed by 86 votes to 39 on Thursday.

THE passing of gender recognition reform legislation in Scotland has been welcomed by officials in the European Union and United Nations.

Migrants in Morocco have no "genuine and effective" access to asylum in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, leaving migrants with little choice other than to seek to cross illegally, the Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner said on Tuesday, calling on Spanish authorities to rectify the situation.

Thirty-five people suspected of involvement in human trafficking have been arrested in a massive operation that mobilised around 400 officers in Portugal's southern Alentejo region, Portuguese police said on Wednesday.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) urged politicians to return to power-sharing immediately.

Jailed Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza has won this year's Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize for what the Council of Europe called his bravery in standing up to Russia's leaders.

The Council of Europe awarded detained Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza the Vaclav Havel Human Rights prize on Monday for what it called his bravery in standing up to Russia's leaders.

Turkey's proposed "disinformation" bill threatens free speech and could further harm journalism ahead of next year's elections, a European rights watchdog's legal body said, calling for Turkey's parliament to reject it.

The leaders of 44 European countries stretching from Iceland all the way to Turkey met Thursday in what many said was a united stand against Russia's war on Ukraine, as an energy crisis and high inflation fueled by the conflict wreak havoc on their economies.