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Internet resources for the individual countries of Europe may be found on this site's Selected Internet Resources: Europe page.
Government
Elections Around the World (http://www.electionworld.org/election/)
Provides election results for each country's latest presidential and parliamentary elections.
European Governments
on the WWW (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/europa.html)
For each country, the site links to ministries and other national institutions, municipal institutions, diplomatic representations abroad, and political parties; with many links to additional resources. In English.
Local Government
Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (http://lgi.osi.hu)
LGI (based in Budapest, funded by the Soros Foundation) promotes local government, public policy and public administration reform in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The 'Publications' section provides full texts of several monographs, discussion papers, documents and its quarterly journal (formerly a newsletter).
Political Resources
on the Net - Europe (http://www.politicalresources.net/europe.htm)
Provides extensive links for each country's government, political parties and the media. In English.
Political Transformation and the Electoral Process in Post-Communist Europe (http://www.essex.ac.uk/elections/)
The University of Essex, UK, maintains this site, aimed at explaining the role of electoral systems in the democratization of post-Communist Europe. For each country it provides a wealth of detailed information and statistics on elections from the early 1990s to the present, under the following categories: legislation; election results; constituency data; and candidate data. In English.
Southeast European Politics Online (http://www.seep.ceu.hu)
An online journal from Budapest, with archives going back to the first issue - October, 2000.
Constitutions and Laws
Constitution finder (http://confinder.richmond.edu)
The University of Richmond, in Virginia, provides this portal to constitutions world-wide. Most texts are in English, but some are in the vernacular languages. Offers constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents.
East European Constitutional
Review (http://www.law.nyu.edu/eecr/index.html)
Issued by New York University School of Law, the journal East European Constitutional Review contains dozens of articles pertaining to East European countries. Archives begin with Spring/Summer 1997 and are keyword searchable.
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases (http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign%5Fintl/index.html)
Maintained by New York University School of Law.
FindLaw (http://www.findlaw.com/12international/countries/index.html)
Links to many of the best resources (both free and fee-based) on legislation in each country. Includes annotations in English. Maintained by Findlaw, a commercial website of legal resources.
Guide to Law Online (http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations/)
Click on 'Nations of the World' for a menu of countries. Provides information and links for each country's constitution, major branches of government, laws, etc. Maintained by the Law Library at the Library of Congress.
National Copyright Legislation (http://www.unesco.org/culture/copy/)
UNESCO provides translations into English of copyright laws in most countries.
World Law (http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/215.html)
Based in Austria, the World Law website links to information on courts and case-law, education, government, legislation, other indexes, parliament, alternative dispute resolution, elections, infrastructure, intellectual property, military law, poverty reduction, privatization, and secured transactions. In English.
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