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Civil society warn Cyprus’ draft transparency law under threat if excessive exceptions persist
» This article is also available in Greek, here. Madrid, 31 March 2017 – Access Info Europe and 30 international and Cypriot civil society organisations have today urged the government of Cyprus to guarantee that exceptions to access in its draft transparency law meet international standards. The letter urges the Cypriot Justice Minister in charge of the law, Ionas Nicolaou,
Los Órdenes del Día del Consejo de Ministros revelan información clave para el debate público y la rendición de cuentas
Madrid, 23 de marzo de 2017 – Varios medios han revelado que el Consejo de Ministros revoca concesiones de nacionalidad por errores administrativos y convalida gastos en contra de los criterios de los inspectores, gracias a la información obtenida por una solicitud de acceso a información de Access Info Europe. La periodista de El País, Elena Sevillano, expone en base
European Civil Society Organisations Urge EU to Publish Anti-Corruption Reports
Madrid, 22 March 2017 – Access Info Europe, Transparency International EU, and 56 other civil society organisations have urged the Commission in an open letter not to abandon its leadership role in the fight against corruption, after it dropped the publication of long-awaited anti-corruption reports of all 28 Member States earlier this year. The letter, also being sent directly to
European Parliament Committee supports increase in decision-making transparency
Madrid, 22 March 2017 – Access Info Europe has cautiously welcomed this week’s adoption of the report on ‘Transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions’ by the European Parliament Constitutional Affairs Committee. The report by Sven Giegold MEP takes important steps to improve record keeping and decision-making transparency by calling for the Council to publish the position of member
EU-Turkey agreement, one year later: lack of information blockading accountability
Madrid, 18 March 2017 – On the first anniversary of the EU-Turkey deal, Access Info called for greater transparency of the decision making process of the agreement and condemned the inadequate record keeping and misleading statements. One year after concluding the agreement, stranded asylum seekers, human rights and humanitarian organisations, and the general public, are still denied even the most
One year later: what we (still don’t) know about the EU-Turkey agreement and accountability
Madrid, 18 March 2017 - As I sat at the Access Info Europe offices on the 1st of March reading the latest Order of the General Court of the European Union, I could not help but shake my head every other minute in disbelief. In a case brought by an Afghan refugee threatened with expulsion from Greece against the European