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Albania’s elections active and competitive, but mistrust between political forces tainted environment
Albania's parliamentary elections on 23 June were competitive, with active citizen participation throughout the campaign and genuine respect for fundamental freedoms. However, the atmosphere of mistrust between the two main political forces tainted the electoral environment and challenged the...
Parliamentary Assembly
Call for protection of ‘whistleblowers’ who reveal state wrongdoing
‘Whistleblowers' who disclose state wrongdoing in the public interest should be protected from retaliation, provided they acted in good faith and followed procedures, a committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said in a draft resolution made public today. PACE's...
PACE President
PACE President opens summer part-session in Strasbourg
Referring, at the opening of the PACE part-session in Strasbourg, to the importance of the debate on the request for the opening of a monitoring procedure for Hungary, President Jean-Claude Mignon said that the Assembly was obliged "to react to this situation in the most appropriate manner,...