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Did you miss the Dataharvest Festival? Have a look here
From the 6th till the 8th of May 2012 the European Data Harvest Conference brought together the cream of European data journalism in Brussels.
Germany: German court: Farmsubsidies have to be in the open
Information about farmsubsidies have to be made public also in Germany, a German court decided this week.
European Union: EU: Secret report released in member state
As EU-leaders discuss pension reforms, EU-citizens are not supposed to see the arguments.
Germany: Stylish German MPs trigger WoB-case about business secrets
Members of the German federal Parliament Bundestag in 2009 ordered stylish Mont Blanc pens for €68.000. An obvious story for tabloid daily newspaper Bild.
European Union: Lobbyists can not expect secrecy
The ‘presumption of confidentiality’ between EU institutions and their contacts can not be used as an argument anymore to reject access to document requests, if the Europe
