Former Swiss president Alain Berset is to become the new secretary general of the Council of Europe after the 52-year-old prevailed in two rounds of voting against Estonian Indrek Saar and Belgian ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Council of Europe Secretary-General Alain Berset shake hands after the signing of an agreement for establishing a special tribunal to try top officials ...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with Council of Europe chief Alain Berset at press conference after signing tribunal agreement, Strasbourg, June 25, 2025 ...

However, Berset stressed that the European Court of Human Rights “is not an external body” but the legal arm of the Council of Europe, and is "bound by a Convention that all 46 members have ...

Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset has officially launched the call for nominations for the Raoul Wallenberg ...

Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, stressed the importance of the ECRI’s work for the organisation’s New Democratic Pact for Europe: “Racism, intolerance, and ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, signed the agreement in Strasbourg on Wednesday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the Council of Europe's Secretary General Alain Berset signed an agreement on Wednesday (June 25) forming the basis for a special tribunal intended to ...

(Bloomberg) -- Switzerland’s Alain Berset was elected secretary general of the Council of Europe, a 46-member group that promotes democracy and human rights. Most Read from BloombergSupreme ...

Meanwhile, Council of Europe chief Alain Berset arrived in Georgia on a four-day visit on December 18. ... the Council of Europe calls on all parties to avoid any escalation of tensions.