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Baku accuses CE Commissioner of bias

Baku accuses CE Commissioner of bias

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan commented the report by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights in regard with her visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan. According to the ministry, this was the first visit …

Baku responds to anti-Azerbaijani campaign in Council of Europe

Baku responds to anti-Azerbaijani campaign in Council of Europe

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović's statement on the current situation around the Lachin road is not only biased, but also does not reflect the realities that have developed on the territory, the …

EU Council approves new package of anti-Russian sanctions

EU Council approves new package of anti-Russian sanctions

The European Union has formally approved the ninth package of individual and economic sanctions against Russia, the EU Council said on Friday. "The Council adopted today a ninth package of new measures intended to step up pressure …

Council of Europe welcomes Baku-Yerevan dialogue

Council of Europe welcomes Baku-Yerevan dialogue

Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Marija Pejcinovic Buric considers the meeting between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev to be encouraging. She made this statement after her meeting with …

EU leaders agree to partial embargo of Russian oil imports

EU leaders agree to partial embargo of Russian oil imports

EU leaders negotiated the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which includes, in particular, partial embargo on import of Russian oil and cutting Russia’s Sberbank of the SWIFT international payment system, European Council President …

Euro drops below 80 rubles first time since summer 2020

Euro drops below 80 rubles first time since summer 2020

The euro fell by 1.45% to 80.26 rubles on the Moscow Exchange on Friday. As of 13:38 Moscow time, the euro fell to 79.98 rubles (-1.8%). The last time the euro exchange rate was below the level of 80 rubles was in July 2020. The dollar …

Russia formally departs Council of Europe

Russia formally departs Council of Europe

Russia said Tuesday it would pull out of the Council of Europe after pressure mounted for Moscow to be expelled from the pan-European rights body. Essentially jumping before it was pushed from the Strasbourg-based body, the Russian …

Russia will no longer participate in Council of Europe

Russia will no longer participate in Council of Europe

Russia will no longer participate in the Council of Europe, the Russian foreign ministry said on Thursday. The ministry said in a statement that NATO and European Union countries were undermining the European body designed to uphold …

European Council approves sanctions against Russians

European Council approves sanctions against Russians

Foreign Ministers of the 27 European Union members have approved new sanctions against 11 natural persons, including from Russia and China, who the union believes to be complicit in human rights violations, a source in one of the delegations to …