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Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana addresses European parliamentary leaders in Rome, Italy, on October 15, 2026. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson's Office)
October 15, 2026, 11:10 pm
Knesset speaker rejects genocide charges in speech to European parliamentary leaders
Ohana draws applause in Rome as he accuses world leaders of lying about Gaza for political gain, says killing of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust ‘is what real genocide looks like’
By Ariela Karmel
A Ukrainian serviceman stands amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
May 16, 2023, 5:52 am
Leaders of wider Europe unite against Russia at rare pan-continental summit
46-nation Council of Europe gathers in Iceland for conference expected to focus on legal steps against Moscow; unclear if Zelensky, on tour of European capitals, will attend
By Marc BURLEIGH
In this photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejcinovic Buric enter a hall for their joint news conference following their talks in Moscow, Russia, October 19, 2020. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)
March 15, 2022, 9:44 pm
Russia to quit Council of Europe, calls it an ‘instrument for anti-Russian policies’
Move comes amid mounting pressure for Moscow to be expelled from the pan-European rights body over its invasion of Ukraine
By Marc Antoine BAUDOUX and Stuart Williams
Ambassadors gather at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on February 24, 2022, ahead of a debate on the situation in Ukraine after Russia launched an invasion. (Patrick Hertzog/AFP)
February 25, 2022, 7:35 pm
Russia ejected from rights body, loses sports hosting roles, ousted from Eurovision
Council of Europe suspends all representatives of Russia, as International Olympic Committee urges sports federations to move events out of Russia and Belarus
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Interior of the St. Petersburg Grand Choral Synagogue, during morning service on Friday morning September 14, 2018. (Rossella Tercatin/ Times of Israel)
December 23, 2019, 10:27 am
As prewar synagogues decay, European body calls for official preservation action
Of the fraction of Jewish houses of worship not destroyed in WWII, nearly 25% are at risk, report adopted by Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly finds
By Robert Philpot
Participants gather for a group photo during the annual meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Council of Europe in Helsinki on May 17, 2019. Vesa Moilanen / Lehtikuva / AFP)
May 24, 2019, 9:29 am
Council of Europe assembly rejects far-right political grouping
Strasbourg-based Parliamentary Assembly refuses to recognize nationalist alliance of lawmakers from Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, and Italy
By AFP
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican members of Congress on immigration in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, June 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
June 21, 2018, 10:43 am
Top rights body: Trump no longer ‘moral leader of free world’
Council of Europe’s secretary general, a Nobel Committee member, cites US withdrawal from UN Human Right Council, separation of families at Mexico border
By AFP
Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France (CC BY-SA Massimiliano Mariani/Wikipedia)
April 27, 2017, 4:34 am
Russia, Iran accused of abusing Interpol to arrest foes
Council of Europe warns five-fold increase in ‘red notice’ arrest requests, from 2,343 in 2005 to 12,787 in 2016, partly due to crackdowns on dissidents
By AFP
Yesh Atid MK Aliza Lavie speaks during an Interior Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, June 14, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 25, 2017, 3:22 pm
MK blasts European report alleging ‘systematic’ Israeli killings in Gaza
Aliza Lavie says Council of Europe’s assessment of the Palestinian enclave was designed to harm and ‘demonize’ the Jewish state
By Stuart Winer
IDF soldiers by the Gaza border, near Kibbutz Nir Am, in southern Israel, on January 13, 2016 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 25, 2017, 3:57 am
European officials accuse Israel of ‘systematic unlawful killings’ in Gaza
Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly adopts resolution slamming Israel for humanitarian crisis in blockaded Palestinian enclave
By ToI Staff
Lutz Bachmann, founder of the far-right PEGIDA movement speaks during a rally in Dresden, April 18, 2016. (AFP/ROBERT MICHAEL)
April 19, 2016, 11:30 am
Head of German anti-Islam group due in court for hate speech
Lutz Bachmann, founder of far-right PEGIDA, charged with inciting racial hatred in Facebook posts
By Coralie Febvre
A member of the Jewish community looks at broken tombstones after a ceremony at the Jewish cemetery in Sarre-Union, eastern France, on February 17, 2015, following the desecration of around 300 tombs. (Photo credit: AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG)
March 1, 2016, 8:35 pm
Council of Europe: Racism ‘commonplace’ in France
Figures show a 36% rise in anti-Semitic attacks, a 14% uptick in racist violence between 2012-2014
By AFP
Illustrative photo of Jews performing a religious circumcision. (Serge Attal/Flash90)
October 10, 2015, 5:55 am
Council of Europe doubles down on anti-ritual circumcision stance
Pan-European body maintains position that a brit milah violates children’s rights
By JTA
Illustrative photo of a ritual circumcision (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 2, 2015, 2:14 pm
Council of Europe seeks ban on circumcision without ‘requisite skill’
Non-binding recommendation says ritual should only be allowed under ‘appropriate medical and health conditions’
By JTA
Illustrative image of Germans carrying flags during rally in Dresden, December 15, 2014. (AP/Jens Meyer)
October 1, 2015, 12:40 pm
Watchdog rings alarm on rising racism, anti-Semitism in Germany
Council of Europe committee cites ‘worrying developments’ in attacks on migrants and minorities, despite official efforts to open up country
By AFP
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