Former interior minister, Alain Berset has expressed his interest in the post of Secretary General of the Council of Europe based in Strasbourg. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA ...

“Democracies are stagnating, in Europe and in other countries,” Alain Berset, 52, the council’s new secretary general, told a news conference in Bern, Switzerland.

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 ...

This content was published on Jan 11, 2024 Former interior minister, Alain Berset has expressed his interest in the post of Secretary General of the Council of Europe based in Strasbourg.

New job for Alain Berset as GENERAL Secretary of the Council of Europe. His impact will be limited to beautifully worded, elegant and eloquent phrases / motto "The main thing: General".

In presenting the Council of Europe Report 2025, the Secretary General, Alain Berset, emphasised: “This report comes out at a time when too many Europeans are angry and afraid. Angry as they ...

Council of Europe warns level of impunity around world 'never been so high' 'We need to do everything we can to live in a world in which relations between states are based on law' says Alain Berset ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset signed an agreement on the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression ...

Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, hopes that practical progress will be made in April 2025 towards the establishment of a special tribunal for Russia's crime of aggression ...

He stressed the importance of Berset’s visit, saying that the discussion during the meeting focused on the situation in Georgia and cooperation between the country and the Council of Europe. “We have ...

Alain Berset, the new Secretary General of the Council of Europe, who took office on 18 September, has called support for Ukraine his number one priority. Source: European Pravda, citing the new ...

These are topics in which the Council of Europe is very active. Berset also has extensive experience as a manager and has twice held the rotating office as President of the Swiss Confederation.