Robert Urbaschek on Substack: "Accountability is the most important part to build a sustainable peace in Europe between Ukraine and Russia, says Secretary General of Council of Europe in closing press conference of the meeting. Also, Iceland is gifting Latvia a Hammer of Thor with a secret compartment that h…"

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Accountability is the most important part to build a sustainable peace in Europe between Ukraine and Russia, says Secretary General of Council of Europe in closing press conference of the meeting.

Also, Iceland is gifting Latvia a Hammer of Thor with a secret compartment that holds a message, as they hand over the presidency of the council. Truly an electric moment.

Latvia says that, going forward, it wants the council to play a role in Europe in:

-The council wants to ensure through the damages register that Russia as well as its leaders pay reparations to Ukraine for the war.

-Strengthening democracy and rule of law

-Protecting freedom of expression and journalism

-Tackling important challenges like environment and AI, especially the human rights aspects

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EDIT: I added the final point based on a subsequent answer from Iceland’s PM to a question from a journalist

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Robert Urbaschek

General debate of the Council of Europe just concluded. Main takeaways:

-A register of damages is created to document the damage inflicted upon Ukraine by Russia in the war. It is not clear how are going to get Russia to pay for these damages. There have been calls for a tribunal…

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