Representatives of self-regulatory media organisations from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine have agreed to the creation of an informal regional network to further exchanges and cooperation.
In a letter to Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, Thorbjørn Jagland writes: “Fatullayev’s liberation is an important gesture in terms of promoting freedom of the media in Azerbaijan.”
Claudia Luciani said: “This joint endeavour in key areas of our expertise is a further demonstration of the excellent cooperation between the Council of Europe and the EU in promoting common European values across the whole continent.”
Representatives of law enforcement agencies from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro and Serbia are in Strasbourg today for a “Make Ethics Grow!” workshop.
The GRECO report highlights the insufficient transparency provisions in the Law on Political Parties, the lack of supervision over party accounts, the insufficient monitoring of election campaign funding as well as the fragmentary regime of sanctions available in this area.
