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The "Civil Society and the Legislative Process in Kosovo" report is an analytical study issued at the end of the second mandate of the Assembly of Kosovo. The report analyses the rapport between civil society and the Assembly.

Mission Head Jorge Fuentes Vilallonga speaks about media freedom, refugee return and rule of law in an interview with Vjesnik daily

Elections in Moldova have been observed by international organisations for many years, and the election laws have been reviewed by the Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR. The Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR issued a joint opinion in 2006 and the law has been amended after that. The Vice Speaker of the Parliament has listed in the “Report on the implementation of recommendations provided by the Council of Europe and the OSCE/ODIHR experts” which recommendations have been followed and has given the reasons for why some recommendations have not been followed. More precisely, the Parliament reported that most of the CoE experts’ recommendations were accepted and inserted in the text of the law, while “10 objections and proposals have been partially accepted or have not been accepted with the relevant arguments”. This Opinion should be read in conjuction with the Joint opinion on the Electoral Code of Moldova adopted at the 66th plenary session of the Venice Commission (17-18 March 2006, CDL-AD(2006)001), as a number of previous recommendations remain to be addressed.

Comments on Legal Regulations on Access to Information and State Secrets in Albania by David Banisar, Director Freedom of Information Project of Privacy International

Pillar III (OSCE) Report 05/2007 on the Monitoring of the Assembly of Kosovo, 24 September-30 November 2007