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Requesters appeal to EU Ombudsman for access to Commissioners’ expenses
Madrid, 20 June 2017 - Access Info Europe and 53 requesters from across Europe appealed to the European Ombudsman about the European Commissions’ failure to register, process, and respond to requests for the 2016 travel expenses of EU Commissioners submitted five months ago, in January 2017. The joint complaint highlights
Cyprus government flawed interpretation of European transparency standards
[UPDATE: Madrid, 11 December 2017 - On 25 April, the Cyptriot Government answered the letter sent by Access Info raising questions regarding to Cyprus Access to Information Law. You can find a copy of the letters here : ] Madrid, 15 June 2017 - Access Info Europe and six Cypriot
Miten avoin EU on? Haastateltavana professori Päivi Leino-Sandberg
Areena | 14/06/2017 Finés - Onko päätöksenteko EU:ssa avointa ja onko EU kehittymässä avoimempaan vai salailevampaan suuntaan. Ja mitä siitä käytännössä voi seurata, kun EU:n asetusta on noudatettava, vaikka esim. Suomen perustuslaki ovat ristiriidassa keskenään. Leer más...
Spain’s Transparency Lottery
[Article first published on eldiario.es (in Spanish)] Helen Darbishire, Executive Director Madrid, 13 June 2017 - If the person reading this article had to place a bet, which information would you say it’s easier to access: the salaries of advisers to the ministers or the documents that guide
La Ley de Mortadelo
El País | 13/06/2017 Español - A veces, la Ley de Transparencia parece estar en manos de Mortadelo y Filemón. Un particular, o una entidad como Access Info Europe, pide información a un organismo público sobre cuestiones relativamente inocentes como los gastos del festival de Eurovisión o las políticas de
Spanish Government takes open government secrecy battle to High Court
Madrid, 7 June 2017 – In baffling reluctance to be transparent about its own open government policies, the Spanish Government has appealed to the High Court against last month’s lower court ruling that it should provide Access Info Europe with progress reports on commitments under the Open Government Partnership (OGP).
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