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The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, January 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE/RONALD WITTEK

The three faculty members' passports were withdrawn following the state of emergency declared by the authorities after the attempted coup in July 2016 in Turkey.

Spiros Simitis, a distinguished scholar and expert in the field of data protection, and brother of Greece's former socialist prime minister Costas Simitis, passed away on Saturday, March 18, at the age of 88.

The European Union on Tuesday urged its member countries to deport more people who enter Europe without authorization and who are not eligible to stay, saying that only around one in five would-be migrants who should be sent home actually is.

Slovenian fishermen whom Croatia has been fining for fishing in waters that a border arbitration tribunal awarded to Slovenia in 2017 have turned to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg after exhausting all legal possibilities for an appeal in Croatia.

The European Court of Human Rights on March 7 condemned Türkiye for failing to protect the private life of Berrak Tüzünataç, a prominent Turkish actress who had been secretly filmed kissing Şahan Gökbakar, one of the most famous screen faces in the country and star of blockbuster comic movies, at her home in footage broadcast on television.

STRASBOURG - The so-called Kosovo's Council of Europe (CoE) membership application was not discussed at Wednesday's CoE Committee of Ministers meeting, Serbian Ambassador to the CoE Aleksandra Djurovic told Tanjug.

She said the meeting, concluded at around 3 pm, had addressed other topics.

"It was not a topic that was included in the agenda," he said.

STRASBOURG - Pristina's Council of Europe (CoE) membership application has not been included in the agenda of this week's CoE Committee of Ministers meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, says Serbian Ambassador to the CoE Aleksandra Djurovic.

STRASBOURG - The so-called Kosovo's bid for Council of Europe (CoE) membership was not discussed by the institution's Committee of Ministers on Wednesday after Iceland, the chair of the meeting, did not propose its inclusion in the agenda, says Serbia's Ambassador to the CoE Aleksandra Djurovic.

STRASBOURG - Pristina's application for Council of Europe (CoE) membership is not on the agenda of Wednesday's meeting of the organisation's Committee of Ministers, it has been confirmed to Tanjug.

STRASBOURG - The European Parliament passed on Wednesday a resolution on implementation of the EU common foreign and security policy.

The section on Serbia calls on Belgrade to align with the bloc's foreign policy.

The resolution was carried with 407 votes for, 92 against and 142 abstentions, with a large number of amendments rejected during the vote.