This week, we shine a light on 5 more women who contributed to the Council of Europe's work, including Maria Witteveen, the first Dutch female ambassador! 🇳🇱🇪🇺

We are proud to co-organise the #CoE75Women project with EU Delegation to CoE UK at the Council of Europe 🤩

This week, we present 5 new women who, over the decades, have dedicated their work to promote the values of the Council of Europe: Nina Vajić , Maria Witteveen, Hanna Machińska, Petra Roter, Olimpia Coral Melo.
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Again in beautiful Liechtenstein!

This time for the opening of the meeting of coordinating bodies for the Istanbul Convention. These bodies play a crucial role in the implementation, monitoring & evaluation of this Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence against Women.

From 26/04 through 25/05, Dutch artists Erik Oldenhof and Helen Vergouwen, masters of geometrical minimal art, are hosting their exhibition 'The Power of Minimal'!

We invite you to visit the exhibition at the Galerie d'art contemporain RADIAL in Strasbourg! 📐🧑‍🎨

Happy birthday to His Majesty King Willem-Alexander!🇳🇱🥂 Let Orange bind us all today and let us celebrate human rights, rule of law, and democracy!

Sending a big thank you to all our counterparts, friends and colleagues who joined us yesterday for our King's Day reception!🇳🇱🌟 Looking forward to continue our good cooperation! #TeamNL #COE

Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni has served the Council of Europe for most of her career. She became the first-ever female Director General of a Directorate and, from 2012 to 2020, held the position of Deputy Secretary General.

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It was a pleasure hosting the 🇳🇱 MEPs and Ambassador PJ Kleiweg yesterday and to have the opportunity to engage with MEPs and discuss topics high on both the EU and the Council of Europe agendas.

This week, we highlight 5 more women who contributed to the activities of the Council of Europe, including Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, a previous Dutch Deputy Secretary General of the institution! 🇳🇱🇪🇺

We are proud to co-organize the #Coe75Women project with EU Delegation to CoE UK at the Council of Europe 💐

Tarja Halonen, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Kateryna Levchenko, Meglena Kuneva and Anna Austin: these 5 women contributed at different levels to some of the many fields of activities the #CoE covers.

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Thank you Liechtenstein at the Council of Europe for organising the book presentations in the World Book Capital 2024 Strasbourg.

It was a great pleasure listening to colleagues reading out passages and discovering books from all over Europe.

🇳🇱 chose a passage from Grand Hotel Europa by Ilja Pfeijffer

Marialena Tsirli is the first woman to be elected Registrar of the ECHR CEDH. She tells us about her best memory and how proud she is to be working for the European Court of Human Rights. 

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Always a pleasure to host and exchange ideas with the Dutch delegation at the PACE. Thank you for your visit G and Saskia Kluit and best wishes for the #PACESpringSession2024 ! Thank you for your inspiring words Rick Lawson!

This week is the #PACEspring2024 session at the Council of Europe featuring debates on various topics including support for the reconstruction of Ukraine and the membership of Kosovo.
Check the livestream here: vodmanager.coe.int/live/?appname=…
The agenda here: pace.coe.int/en/files/33380…

A timely tribute to five special women, who have each achieved extraordinary things, drawn from across the 75 years of the Assembly's existence!

Please take the time to read about them, and a warm thank you to EU Delegation to CoE, UK at the Council of Europe and Netherlands at the Council of Europe 🙂

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To mark the session of the Parliamentary Assembly, let's discover 5 figures: Leni Fischer, Margaret McCrorie Herbison, Rakel Seweriin, Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis, and Fiona O'Loughlin.
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Stella Kyriakides was elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 2017. She says its principles will be protected, upheld, and nurtured. Thank you Stella Kyriakides

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Exciting news! 🌟 Twice a year, Council of Europe opens its doors to young graduates for a traineeship opportunity! Applications are now open. We truly value the fresh enthusiasm, motivation, and skills that new graduates bring. Join them now! shorturl.at/rACGO