02.10.2025 / 11:38 | Aktualizováno: 02.10.2025 / 11:42
The prestigious Václav Havel prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded to Ukrainian journalist and human rights defender Maksym Butkevych. more ►
02.10.2025 / 11:06 | Aktualizováno: 02.10.2025 / 11:11
The Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe hosted a reception to celebrate the Czech Statehood Day. more ►
30.09.2025 / 15:56 | Aktualizováno: 30.09.2025 / 16:39
The Government of Czechia has made a voluntary contribution of CZK 100 000 (approximately €4 100) to support the activities of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission. more ►
22.09.2025 / 10:23 | Aktualizováno: 22.09.2025 / 11:11
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty offers journalism fellowship programs for young journalists from Eastern Europe and the Western Balkan countries. The deadline for online applications is October 3, 2025. more ►
27.06.2025 / 13:32 | Aktualizováno: 27.06.2025 / 14:06
The Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe participated in the organization of the art exhibition “Thinking of You”, which aims to draw attention to the victims of sexual violence in armed conflicts… more ►
27.05.2025 / 10:53 | Aktualizováno: 27.05.2025 / 10:58
Students from Law Faculty of the Charles University in Prague have been declared the winners of the 2025 Helga Pedersen Moot Court competition for law students after beating a rival team from IE University, Spain, in the final round. more ►
14.05.2025 / 16:57 | Aktualizováno: 16.05.2025 / 10:16
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe Confirmed the Importance of Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law in Today´s Europe. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Marian intervened at the Committee of Ministers of… more ►
06.12.2024 / 14:15 | Aktualizováno: 22.01.2025 / 09:26
On December 4, 2024, the third charity market in support of Ukraine, organized by the Council of Europe Staff Association (AMICALE), took place in the palace of the Council of Europe. The event involved 25 member states, and the proceeds were… more ►
08.11.2024 / 13:01 | Aktualizováno: 08.11.2024 / 13:08
On October 30, the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Austria and the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and HealthCare (EDQM), organized a screening of… more ►
18.10.2024 / 12:27 | Aktualizováno: 18.10.2024 / 13:48
The Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe hosted a reception in Strasbourg to mark the Czech Statehood Day. more ►
17.10.2024 / 11:02 | Aktualizováno: 17.10.2024 / 11:58
On September 30, 2024, the Václav Havel Prize was awarded in Strasbourg. The prestigious prize was given to Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado for her long-standing fight for civil and political freedom in Venezuela. more ►
17.06.2024 / 12:45 | Aktualizováno: 17.06.2024 / 12:51
The donor agreement was signed on June 11, 2024 by Ambassador Petr Válek, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, and Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe. more ►
17.06.2024 / 12:38 | Aktualizováno: 17.06.2024 / 12:53
Ambassador Petr Válek, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, signed the donor contribution agreement on behalf of Czechia on 6 June 2024. Council of Europe Development Bank was represented by its Governor Carlo Monticelli. more ►
22.05.2024 / 16:26 | Aktualizováno: 22.05.2024 / 17:08
The 133rd session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe took place on 16 – 17 May in Strasbourg under the auspices of the Liechtenstein presidency. The session commemorated the 75th anniversary of this human rights… more ►
14.03.2024 / 16:35 | Aktualizováno: 14.03.2024 / 16:44
On March 13, 2024, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which also supervises the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, addressed the judgment in the case of D.H. and others against the Czech Republic. The… more ►
26.02.2024 / 11:20 | Aktualizováno: 26.02.2024 / 11:27
Two years ago, Vladimir Putin launched a massive neo-colonial war against Ukraine, however, Russia's aggression has been going on for 10 years - since 2014, when its army annexed Crimea and sparked the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine. Russia's… more ►
13.02.2024 / 11:47 | Aktualizováno: 13.02.2024 / 11:52
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in partnership with the Václav Havel Library and the Charta77 Foundation, has issued a call for nominations for the 2024 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. more ►
22.12.2023 / 12:20 | Aktualizováno: 27.01.2025 / 15:15
The Czech government has declared Saturday 23 December 2023 a national day of mourning after a gunman killed 14 people and injured 25 at a university in Prague. We thank you for your condolences at condolences@mzv.gov.cz. more ►
05.10.2023 / 18:35 | Aktualizováno: 05.10.2023 / 18:55
During his visit in Strasbourg, President Pavel had an opportunity to exchange views with Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Pejčinović Burić. They both emphasized the goals and priorities set by the Fourth Summit in Reykjavik in… more ►
29.09.2023 / 15:47 | Aktualizováno: 22.01.2025 / 10:12
On the occasion of the 65th meeting of the Committee of Legal Advisors on Public International Law of the Council of Europe (CAHDI) the Permanent Representation held a reception to present Mr. Pavel Zeman, the candidate of Czechia for the… more ►
29.09.2023 / 14:13 | Aktualizováno: 27.01.2025 / 15:22
The Czech Permanent Representation held a reception celebrating the Day of Czech Statehood, which was inaugurated by the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe Petr Válek. The day 28 September also… more ►
05.09.2023 / 18:51 | Aktualizováno: 27.01.2025 / 15:23
The Czech Permanent Representation together with the Arts Club of the Council of Europe held on 4 September an exhibition opening of photographs by Jan Jirkovský. The series of black and white images called „The Barriers“ reveals… more ►
23.08.2023 / 19:08 | Aktualizováno: 27.01.2025 / 15:25
Czechia joined the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe on July 5, 2023 and became the 39th member to raise awareness of European cultural heritage, education and sustainable cross-border tourism. Czechia has… more ►
29.06.2023 / 14:34 | Aktualizováno: 27.01.2025 / 15:37
On 28 June 2023, the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic celebrated, together with the Secretary-General and the diplomatic community in Strasbourg, the 30th anniversary of their membership in the Council of Europe. The admission to this… more ►
12.06.2023 / 22:27 | Aktualizováno: 28.01.2025 / 10:04
Czechia and the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) signed a donor contribution agreement worth CZK 700 thousands (approximately € 29,424) towards CEB’s Ukraine Solidarity Fund (USF). The donor contribution agreement was signed… more ►
05.06.2023 / 08:49 | Aktualizováno: 28.01.2025 / 10:07
The Government of Czechia has made a voluntary contribution of CZK 1 500 000 (approximately €63 686) towards several Council of Europe Action Plans and projects. This contribution will support the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine… more ►
17.05.2023 / 13:41 | Aktualizováno: 28.01.2025 / 10:12
President of the Czech Republic Mr. Petr Pavel attends the Council of Europe Summit, organised by the Icelandic Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, in Reykjavik on 16 and 17 May 2023. This is only the fourth… more ►
03.05.2023 / 16:50 | Aktualizováno: 28.01.2025 / 10:20
The World Press Freedom Day is annually observed on May 3. On this occasion, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic would like to express its gratitude to all brave journalists and media professionals and to reassure them of the… more ►
14.03.2023 / 15:03 | Aktualizováno: 14.03.2023 / 15:04
Czechia has a new president – Petr Pavel, a former army general who has extensive experience in the military and international relations. President Pavel's inauguration ceremony took place on 9th March 2023, marking the start of his… more ►
02.03.2023 / 11:05 | Aktualizováno: 03.02.2025 / 15:03
28.02.2023 / 15:54 | Aktualizováno: 28.01.2025 / 10:29
Czechia has actively been providing aid to Ukraine since the first day of Russian aggression. In addition to supplying weapons and military equipment and receiving hundreds of thousands of refugees or voluntary collections of citizens, we… more ►
23.02.2023 / 17:57 | Aktualizováno: 28.01.2025 / 10:50
In the first year of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Czechia has delivered dozens of tanks, combat and armoured vehicles and other heavy military systems to Ukraine. Roughly one third of the material came from the Czech Army, the rest was… more ►
10.02.2023 / 13:46 | Aktualizováno: 10.02.2023 / 13:48
09.02.2023 / 13:54 | Aktualizováno: 28.01.2025 / 10:54
On 8 February 2023, the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe together with representatives of the East Bohemia Museum in Pardubice inaugurated at the Council of Europe the exhibition "The Beauty of Kladina". more ►
09.12.2022 / 16:59 | Aktualizováno: 28.01.2025 / 10:55
The Government of the Czech Republic has made a voluntary contribution of €165 000 to reduce the European Court of Human Rights backlog of well-founded cases and to support the activities of the Bern Convention. The agreements were signed… more ►
08.12.2022 / 12:53 | Aktualizováno: 13.12.2022 / 13:03
Under the patronage of the Icelandic Presidency in the Committee of Ministers, the Charity market was held in support of Ukraine in the premises of the Council of Europe on 8 December 2022. more ►
25.11.2022 / 15:52 | Aktualizováno: 25.11.2022 / 16:03
November 25 is the International Day to End Violence against Women and marks the annual campaign „Orange the World – 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence“ organized by UN Women. On this occassion, EU Ambassadors to the… more ►
15.11.2022 / 13:25 | Aktualizováno: 15.11.2022 / 13:46
On 11 November 2022, Ambassador Petr Válek, the Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, participated together with the Slovak Ambassador Ms. Oksana Tomová upon invitation by the city of Cernay in the… more ►
14.11.2022 / 12:07 | Aktualizováno: 14.11.2022 / 12:13
On November 8 the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic together with the EU Delegation organized under the Czech presidency of the Council of EU a dialog between EU member states and the Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić. more ►
08.11.2022 / 16:24 | Aktualizováno: 28.01.2025 / 11:03
The Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, together with the Permanent Delegation of the State of Israel to the Multilateral Organizations in Paris and the Consulate General of Japan in Strasbourg, opened the… more ►
27.10.2022 / 19:45 | Aktualizováno: 28.01.2025 / 11:14
On 26 October 2022, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe adopted a report on the implementation of the obligations arising for Czechia from the European Charter of Local Self-Government. The discussion of the… more ►
20.10.2022 / 18:15 | Aktualizováno: 28.01.2025 / 11:18
On 20 October 2022, the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, together with the European Parliamentary Association, organized within the "Days of the Czech Presidency in the EU Council" a discussion with Dr. Kateřina… more ►
18.10.2022 / 18:15 | Aktualizováno: 20.10.2022 / 20:33
On 18 October 2022 Ambassador Petr Válek, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic, together with the Deputy Prime Minister for Digitalisation and Minister for Regional Development Ivan Bartoš, the Director for Democratic Participation of… more ►
17.10.2022 / 18:49 | Aktualizováno: 20.10.2022 / 19:18
On 17 October 2022, within the Days of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe in collaboration with the European Parliamentary Association (APE)… more ►
30.09.2022 / 13:38 | Aktualizováno: 30.09.2022 / 14:15
On the occasion of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union and Czech Statehood Day, the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe organized a concert by the prominent Czech violinist Jaroslav Svěcený… more ►
13.09.2022 / 17:49 | Aktualizováno: 13.09.2022 / 17:51
On 11 September 2022, Ambassador Petr Válek, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, attended a memorial at the former concentration camp Natzwiler-Struthof, where he paid tribute to the victims of Nazi… more ►
07.09.2022 / 14:18 | Aktualizováno: 28.01.2025 / 11:27
The Government of the Czech Republic has made a voluntary contribution of CZK 1,400,000 (approximately €57,000) towards several Council of Europe Action Plans and projects. This contribution will support the Council of Europe Action Plan… more ►
04.07.2022 / 16:07 | Aktualizováno: 04.07.2022 / 16:11
On June 30, 2022, the Committee of Ministers' Deputies entrusted Ambassador Petr Válek the position of Chair of the Rapporteur Group on Legal Co-operation (GR-J) for the term from September 1, 2022, until August 31, 2024. The Rapporteur groups… more ►
04.07.2022 / 16:04 | Aktualizováno: 04.07.2022 / 16:07
The Charles University Law School in Prague (Department of Public International Law) organized a trip for its students to visit the European institutions seated in Strasbourg. During this visit (on June 30, 2022), they also met Ambassador Petr… more ►
27.06.2022 / 18:02 | Aktualizováno: 27.06.2022 / 18:06
On 24 June 2022, Ambassador Petr Válek, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, together with French MEP Fabienne Keller, welcomed to the European Parliament in Strasbourg the students of Paul Laungevin High… more ►
25.05.2022 / 15:00 | Aktualizováno: 28.01.2025 / 11:35
On May 25, 2022, the Permanent Representatives of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the United Kingdom inaugurated in the premises of the Council of Europe an exhibition on the occasion of the 80th anniversary since the assassination of Reinhard… more ►
23.05.2022 / 13:24 | Aktualizováno: 23.05.2022 / 13:30
The meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Turin, Italy, on 20 May 2022, was an opportunity for the foreign ministers of the 46 member states of the Council of Europe to discuss some key issues of this international… more ►
16.03.2022 / 17:00 | Aktualizováno: 28.01.2025 / 11:40
The Russian Federation has, by its aggression against Ukraine, seriously violated Art. 3 of the Statute of the Council of Europe containing an obligation to comply with the rule of law. more ►
25.02.2022 / 19:00 | Aktualizováno: 28.01.2025 / 11:43
The Committee of Ministers' Deputies of the Council of Europe decided in Strasbourg on February 25, 2022, that the Russian Federation will be, in accordance with Article 8 of the Statute of this international organization, suspended from its… more ►
13.12.2021 / 16:07 | Aktualizováno: 13.12.2021 / 16:11
On 13 December 2021, Ms. Kateřina Šimáčková took office as a judge of the European Court of Human Rights for the Czech Republic. The inauguration ceremony took place at the Human Rights Building in Strasbourg. more ►
18.11.2021 / 14:55 | Aktualizováno: 18.11.2021 / 14:59
On 18 November 2021, Ambassador Petr Válek, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, met with the President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Mr. Róbert Ragnar Spanó. more ►
08.11.2021 / 12:21 | Aktualizováno: 03.02.2025 / 15:02
The Government of the Czech Republic has made a voluntary contribution of CZK 400,000 (approximately €16,336) to support the implementation of the Council of Europe Action Plan on protecting vulnerable persons in the context of migration… more ►
02.11.2021 / 11:02 | Aktualizováno: 10.11.2021 / 15:50
On November 1, 2021, Ambassador Válek participated, on the invitation of the mayor of Strasbourg, at the solemn ceremony held at the local military cemetery in Strasbourg to commemorate the French and other soldiers fallen in both World Wars. more ►
27.09.2021 / 17:38 | Aktualizováno: 27.09.2021 / 17:45
The ninth Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours extraordinary civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded to Belarusian opposition leader and activist Maria Kalesnikava. The 60,000-euro prize was… more ►
21.09.2021 / 17:51 | Aktualizováno: 03.02.2025 / 15:02
The Government of the Czech Republic has made a voluntary contribution of EUR 25,000 to the special account at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). more ►
16.09.2021 / 18:48 | Aktualizováno: 16.09.2021 / 18:53
The donor contribution agreement was signed on 16th September 2020 by Ambassador Petr Válek, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, and Mr Rolf Wenzel, CEB Governor. more ►
07.09.2021 / 16:16 | Aktualizováno: 07.09.2021 / 16:19
On 7 September 2021, Ambassador Petr Válek presented his credentials as Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić. more ►
09.07.2021 / 16:33 | Aktualizováno: 09.07.2021 / 16:39
The Government of the Czech Republic has made a voluntary contribution of CZK 900,000 (approximately €35,163) to support the Council of Europe’s Action Plan for Ukraine 2018-2022 and the Council of Europe’s Action Plan for… more ►
19.04.2021 / 16:15 | Aktualizováno: 19.04.2021 / 16:18
The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2020 has been awarded at the start of the spring plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg on 19 April 2021. more ►
16.04.2021 / 18:58 | Aktualizováno: 16.04.2021 / 19:00
At its 228th meeting held on 16 April 2021, the Governing Board of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) re-appointed Ambassador Tomáš Boček to the post of Vice-Governor for Target Group Countries for a mandate from 16 August 2021 to 15… more ►
21.12.2020 / 15:54 | Aktualizováno: 06.04.2021 / 19:27
The grant agreement was signed on 17 December 2020 by Ambassador Emil Ruffer, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, and Mr Rolf Wenzel, CEB Governor. This is the second contribution by the Czech Republic to the… more ►
15.12.2020 / 13:00 | Aktualizováno: 15.12.2020 / 13:19
The government of the Czech Republic has made a voluntary contribution of CZK 400,000 (approximately €15,170) to support the Council of Europe’s Action Plan for Georgia 2020-2023. more ►
28.10.2020 / 17:10 | Aktualizováno: 28.10.2020 / 17:21
The Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Emil Ruffer, signed on 28 October 2020, in the presence of the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Ms. Gabriella-Battaini Dragoni, a donor… more ►
26.10.2020 / 12:35 | Aktualizováno: 26.10.2020 / 12:47
The Prosecutor General of the Czech Republic, Mr Pavel Zeman, visited Strasbourg on 22 October 2020 to engage in an exchange of views with the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The discussion was focused on the situation in… more ►
18.09.2020 / 12:14 | Aktualizováno: 18.09.2020 / 16:29
On September 16, 2020, the exhibition Pernstein Women and Europe has been unveiled in the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. The exhibition was prepared by the East Bohemian Museum in Pardubice and inaugurated with the participation of the… more ►
01.06.2020 / 19:58 | Aktualizováno: 01.06.2020 / 20:09
On 27 May 2020 during its 1376th session, the Committee of Ministers’ Deputies of the Council of Europe elected Mr Harald Christian Scheu from the Law Faculty of the Charles University, Prague, in respect of the Czech Republic to the list… more ►
22.04.2020 / 16:52 | Aktualizováno: 22.04.2020 / 17:00
The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) loan will support the Czech government in furthering its efforts to mitigate the spread and impact of COVID-19 by covering 90% of the total cost required in the immediate term. It will enable the… more ►
18.12.2019 / 16:28 | Aktualizováno: 18.12.2019 / 16:43
The Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Emil Ruffer, signed on 18 December 2019, in the presence of the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Ms. Gabriella-Battaini Dragoni, a donor… more ►
20.11.2019 / 11:30 | Aktualizováno: 20.11.2019 / 11:35
The Permanent Representatives of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic to the Council of Europe, Ambassadors Emil Ruffer and Marek Eštok, together with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Ms. Marija Pejčinović Burić, officially… more ►
04.11.2019 / 10:39 | Aktualizováno: 04.11.2019 / 10:47
On 31 October 2019, the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the UN in New York and the Council of Europe Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI) organized a side-event at the United Nations Headquarters in New York… more ►
13.03.2019 / 17:07 | Aktualizováno: 30.09.2019 / 18:35
On March 11, 2019, the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, H.E. Mr. Peter Pellegrini, and Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, H.E. Mr. Emil Ruffer, honoured the memory of Czech and Slovak… more ►
14.12.2018 / 12:10 | Aktualizováno: 14.12.2018 / 12:16
The Czech Republic signed the Protocol on 10 October 2018 on the occasion of its opening for signature ceremony together with 20 other countries (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia,… more ►
11.10.2018 / 18:27 | Aktualizováno: 11.10.2018 / 18:42
On October 10, 2018, a reception and an exhibition were held at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of creation of Czechoslovakia, co-organized by the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic and the… more ►
This year’s Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, awarded at the start of the autumn plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg, is for the first time in its history shared by two laureates… more ►
The Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI) deals with questions of international law, for instance with the immunities of States and international organizations, reservations to treaties and international humanitarian… more ►
A concert of the Czech legendary jazz rock band Energit was organized by the Permanent Mission in Strasbourg to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain in former Czechoslovakia. It took place on 11 April 2019 in the… more ►
At its 222nd meeting held on 29 March 2019, the Governing Board of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) appointed Mr. Tomáš Boček to the post of Vice-Governor for Target Group Countries. more ►
Authentic texts of the Declarations signed by competent representatives of the 9 countries - Czech Republic, Austria, Romania, Latvia, Estonia, Albania, Georgia, Slovakia and the Netherlands - have been transmitted to the Sekretariat of the… more ►