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Spanish Analysis
Access to Information in Spain: Analysis and Guides Access Info presents four key documents which review the current Spanish legal system for access to information. As well as detailed analysis Access Info presents a guide to accessing information in Spain. In Spain there does not exist adequate regulation to recognise the right to access information. After in depth analysis it
Launch of the Right to Access Information project
Launch of the project “The Right to Access Information: Researching and Reforming Transparency, Participation and Accountability in Cyprus” 12 April 2010, Nicosia/Madrid: KAB, IKME and Access Info Europe are launching a bicommunal coalition to promote the right of access to information and public participation in Cyprus following a day-long training. Access to information has been recognised as a fundamental human
Reform of Access to Information Laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro
Anti-corruption organisations call for reform of Access to Information Laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro Sarajevo, 1 June 2010: Faced with a chronic lack of transparency in the region, leading anti-corruption organisations today called for urgent reform of the access to information laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro. The call by Transparency International BiH, Transparency International
GMO Crop Data
Publishing information on GM Crops is not dangerous but responsible Madrid, 19 May 2010: Access Info today rejected accusations by the agricultural association Anove that the publication by Friends of the Earth (Spain) of the location of research fields for genetically modified (GM) crops was “irresponsible”, “dangerous” and could “incite violence”.1 The members of Anove include Monsanto, Pioneer and Syngenta.2
Coalicion WPFD 2010
Spanish government urged to publish draft access to information law Madrid, 3 May 2010 – On World Press Freedom Day Spain’s Coalición Pro Acceso has written to the government calling on it to publish the draft of the future access to information law. The 30-member coalition is calling on the government to publish the draft before it is sent to
World Press Freedom Day 2010
The Open Cyprus Project celebrates World Press Freedom Day. 3 May 2010, Nicosia/Madrid: The Open Cyprus Project marked World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2010, by renewing its call for full recognition of the right of access to information in Cyprus. According to the UNESCO, the right to know is an essential for freedom of expression and media freedom. It
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