UN consultant and one of Europe’s leading experts on the rights of the disabled Damjan Tatic from Serbia attended a Council of Europe conference focusing on their access to culture. He also spoke about the impact of the economic crisis on disabled people.

This report explains how the HELP initiative is helping to improve human rights protection for citizens all over the continent.

Russian writer and political commentator Victor Erofeev was in Strasbourg recently to give a lecture on “Russian and European Souls – can they walk together?”. He examined the cultural and political ties between Europe and Russia, in the context of the country’s other identity as part of Asia, and asked the question “what should be done to strengthen the European future of Russia?