Council of Europe History

#OnThisDay in 1992, the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages was signed, offering protection and promotion of languages used by traditional minorities

Teaching of their history and the culture is also an essential part of the Charter’s provisions

Starts in a few minutes!

Tune in for “Empowering Citizens: Media and Information Literacy for Democracy” – a session dedicated to learning and practising democracy with this year’s World Forum for Democracy.

Generations need to support each other and find commonalities through their shared or similar experiences, to build a better future for Gen Z, Gen Alpha and beyond

Yashi Yuan, PhD Researcher shared with us her one takeaway from this year's OHTE Debate⬇️

#HistoryAtHeart

“Three things have changed between 1995 and 2026: the context, the scale and the tools” - Antoon de Baets from the Network of Concerned Historians.

Watch the full interview ⬇️

Replay of the latest OHTE Conference in comments

#HistoryAtHeart

The death penalty has been all over our news feeds lately

Most European societies have come to realise it is not worth it and chose to abolish it

But how did that happen? Do young people learn about the abolition of the death penalty in history lessons?

Study below ⬇️