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Transparency and access-to-documents cases across the EU and its member states.
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9 September 2012The Untold Yugoslavian Arms-Trade Scandal — Updated Documents
Slovenian journalists Matej Šurc and Blaž Zgaga documented the illegal arms trade that ran through Slovenia in the early 1990s in the…
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7 September 2012
Danish EU Presidency Drops Recast of Document Access Rules
In the first half of 2012, the Danish presidency of the Council of the European Union abandoned an attempt to overhaul the…
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5 September 2012Transparency Rules Widen to State-Owned Companies in Berlin
Companies owned by the state for 50 per cent or more fell under the same transparency regulations as public bodies, according to…
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19 August 2012Opinion: Time for the Parliament to Act on Transparency
In a column, the Finnish liberal MEP Anneli Jäätteenmäki argued that, with the Danish presidency lacking political will and the Commission unwilling…
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21 July 2012Sweden and Finland Warn Danish Presidency in Open Letter
Finland and Sweden increased the pressure on the Danish EU presidency. In an open letter, two ministers of justice urged the presidency…
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30 June 2012EU Access-Rules Reform Fails but the Lisbon Question Remains
The attempt to recast the European Union's existing access-to-documents rules had failed, but the issue remained on the agenda. An adjustment to…
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21 May 2012Freedom-of-Information Request Websites Across Europe
Websites that transmit requests to official authorities and publish the information received multiplied across Europe in the early 2010s. Their results ranged…
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13 May 2012Danish Presidency Criticised Over EU Access-Rules Mandate
The Danish EU presidency failed to unite member states behind new access rules for the EU institutions. Sweden, Finland and possibly others…
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10 May 2012Cross-Border FOI Requests Win Danish Cavling Prize
A request for access to documents in a neighbouring country helped award-winning Danish journalists contribute to the downfall of a government minister.…
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10 May 2012USA More Open on CIA Rendition Flights Than Its European Allies
US authorities proved considerably more open about the controversial rendition flights run by the CIA than their European counterparts, according to a…