21/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Walter Schwimmer, urged for national legislation to be conform to the standards of the Council of Europe, in compliance with the commitments taken when the country joined the pan-European organisation. He mainly insisted on the freedom of the press and of religion, parliamentarians' rights, local autonomy and the independence of judicial institutions. "Moldova has to fully satisfy its commitments before taking over the...