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Lack of Transparency Leads to EU Expert Group Budget Freeze
Madrid, 22 October 2014 - The European Parliament has voted to freeze the budget of the European Commission's Expert Groups for the second time in four years, due to a lack of transparency, conflict of interest issues, and unbalanced stakeholder representation within these advisory groups. A group of cross-party MEPs [1] tabled the amendment to withhold almost €4 million from
Legal Leaks training in Skopje
Skopje, 20 October 2014 - In the context of the South East Europe Media Forum, a regional conference organized with the support of UNESCO and the European Commission, Access Info Europe and UNESCO held its 6th Legal Leaks training seminar in the South East Europe region in collaboration with the Macedonian Institute for Media. The training took place in Skopje
El Comité de Derechos Humanos de la ONU es instado a investigar las violaciones del Derecho a la Información en España
Madrid, 17 de octubre de 2014 - El Comité de Derechos Humanos de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas ha sido instado a investigar las violaciones a la libertad de expresión y al derecho de acceso a la información en España a través de una carta enviada por las principales organizaciones defensoras de la libertad de prensa. Esta es la
Legal Leaks Training For Journalists
16-17 October 2014, Skopje, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Helen Darbishire and Victoria Anderica led the Legal Leaks training for journalists on promoting access to information as part of the 'South East Europe Media Forum' organised by UNESCO in Skopje, in The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. More information on this event here.
Entendiendo la ley de transparencia I: ¿Cuándo entra en vigor la Ley de Transparencia y para qué instituciones?
Post originalmente publicado en El Blog de Tuderechoasaber.es Madrid, 14 de octubre de 2014 - En Tuderechoasaber.es empezamos una serie de posts en los que vamos a intentar explicar en qué consiste la Ley de Transparencia para que estemos todos preparados para usarla a partir de su entrada en vigor el 10 de diciembre de 2014. ¿Cuándo entra en vigor
EU Ombudsman urged to review European Commission’s insistence on postal addresses to register requests for documents
Madrid, 13 October 2014 – Access Info Europe is challenging the European Commission’s policy of demanding postal addresses as a precondition for registering requests for access to EU documents as part of a complaint being considered by the European Ombudsman. Access Info Europe argues that Commission’s policy, adopted on 1 April 2014, of refusing to register requests without postal address