Council of Europe
International organization founded in 1949
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| 2024 | Theodoros Roussopoulos from Greece, representing the Group of the European People's Party, becomes the current president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. |
| May 2024 | Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti rejected the 'Quint' ambassadors' condition for final membership approval, resulting in postponement of the final vote. |
| April 16 2024 | The Parliamentary Assembly voted in favour of Kosovo's membership with 131 votes in favour, 29 against, and 11 abstentions. |
| April 15 2024 | The Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination supported Kosovo's application, and the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights confirmed Kosovo meets the criteria for membership. |
| March 27 2024 | Dora Bakoyannis of Greece, as Rapporteur for Kosovo, gave a statutory opinion recommending Kosovo's full membership to the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy. |
| 2023 | PACE adopted a motion expressing regret that Members of the European Parliament accepted and failed to declare trips to Azerbaijan, visits to Nagorno-Karabakh, and luxury hotel stays organized and paid for by Azerbaijani officials. |
| November 2023 | Dominique Hasler from Liechtenstein began serving as the Chair of the Committee of Ministers, a position he will hold until May 2024. |
| June 2023 | The Assembly urged a total ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes participating in the Paris 2024 Olympics, in response to the International Olympic Committee considering their participation as 'neutral individuals'. |
| April 24 2023 | The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe approved Kosovo's membership application with 33 votes in favour, 7 against, and 5 abstentions. |
| March 20 2023 | Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti announced that the Ohrid Agreement had opened the road for Kosovo to join the Council of Europe. |
| January 2023 | The Assembly unanimously demanded the establishment of an international criminal tribunal in The Hague to prosecute Russian and Belarusian political and military leaders for war crimes. |
| October 2022 | The inaugural summit of the European Political Community was held, organized by French President Emmanuel Macron, which sidelined the Council of Europe and deliberately excluded Russia and Belarus. |
| October 2022 | The Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the Russian regime a 'terrorist' regime. |
| May 12 2022 | Foreign Minister Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz submitted Kosovo's application for Council of Europe membership in Strasbourg. |
| March 16 2022 | The Committee of Ministers decided to expel Russia from the Council of Europe with immediate effect |
| March 15 2022 | The Parliamentary Assembly held an Extraordinary Session and adopted a resolution calling for Russia's immediate expulsion from the Council of Europe, marking the first such call in the Assembly's history. |
| March 10 2022 | Russia announced it would no longer participate in the organization |
| February 25 2022 | Russia suspended from its rights of representation in the Committee of Ministers and Parliamentary Assembly due to the invasion of Ukraine |
| 2021 | Luca Volontè was convicted in a Milan court and sentenced to four years in prison for accepting bribes from Azerbaijani officials to soften critiques of the nation's human rights record. |
| March 2021 | Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis began her five-year term as Secretary General, leading an 80-member multi-national secretariat based in Strasbourg. |
| January 2021 | Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis was elected as Secretary General of the Assembly, becoming the first woman and first Greek national to hold this position since the Assembly's creation in 1949. |
| December 12 2020 | The MEDICRIME Committee held its second meeting and adopted its rules of procedure. |
| January 2020 | Ukraine returned to PACE. |
| June 25 2019 | After an eight-hour debate, PACE voted to change its rules, allowing members the right to vote, speak, and be represented, which paved the way for the Russian delegation's return. |
| June 25 2019 | Russian parliament immediately presented credentials for a new delegation, which was approved with 116 votes in favor, 62 against, and 15 abstentions. Pyotr Olegovich Tolstoy headed the delegation. |
| January 2019 | Russian parliament once more did not submit its delegation's credentials for ratification. |
| 2018 | Continuation of the FSE Committee term elected in 2017, representing football supporters from multiple European countries. |
| 2018 | An independent investigation found strong suspicions of corruptive conduct involving PACE members, leading to sanctions against multiple members who breached the Assembly's Code of Conduct. |
| 2018 | The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe launched an online archive of historic speeches, titled 'Voices of Europe', containing 263 speeches from 216 Presidents, Prime Ministers, monarchs, and religious leaders from 45 countries, spanning 70 years. |
| December 2018 | The first meeting of the MEDICRIME Committee took place. |
| January 2018 | Russian parliament continued to leave its delegation seats empty by not submitting credentials. |
| 2017 | Election of FSE Committee members for the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons, including representatives from France, England, Russia, Germany, Turkey, Wales, Netherlands, and Northern Ireland. |
| 2017 | An internal inquiry was established to investigate allegations of bribery by Azerbaijan government officials. Pedro Agramunt resigned from his position as Parliamentary Assembly president under pressure. |
| July 2017 | Burkina Faso became the 10th country to ratify the MEDICRIME convention, which triggered the establishment of the Committee of the Parties (MEDICRIME Committee). |
| January 2017 | Russian parliament again did not submit its delegation's credentials for ratification. |
| 2016 | The Assembly of Kosovo was invited to participate as an observer in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and its committees. |
| January 2016 | Russian parliament decided not to submit its delegation's credentials for ratification, effectively leaving its seats empty. |
| January 26 2016 | Jordan was granted 'Partner for democracy' status. |
| 2015 | PACE passes a resolution on religious freedom and tolerance, reiterating its stance on circumcision being performed only under appropriate medical conditions, clarifying that they never called for an outright ban on infant circumcision. |
| January 2015 | PACE renewed the sanctions against the Russian delegation for a full year. |
| 2014 | Human Rights Watch criticized the Council of Europe for allowing Azerbaijan to assume the six-month rotating chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers, highlighting concerns about human rights repression. |
| 2014 | Kosovo became a member of the Council of Europe's Venice Commission. |
| December 2014 | Hashim Thaçi, Kosovo's Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced plans to file an application for Council of Europe membership within the first quarter of 2015. |
| June 2014 | Russian parliamentary delegation suspended its cooperation with PACE in response to the sanctions. |
| April 2014 | PACE suspended the Russian delegation's voting rights and representation in Assembly leading bodies following Russia's annexation of Crimea and involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian War. |
| April 8 2014 | Kyrgyzstan was accorded 'Partner for democracy' status. |
| 2013 | The New York Times reported that some Council of Europe member states, notably Central Asian states and Russia, attempted to influence the Parliamentary Assembly by offering lavish gifts and trips. |
| 2013 | Kosovo became a member of the Council of Europe Development Bank. |
| December 2013 | A Joint Declaration was signed to enhance cooperation between Kazakhstan and the Council of Europe for 2014-2015, aiming to facilitate Kazakhstan's potential accession to multiple Council of Europe conventions in criminal justice. |
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