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It is no trade secret where are invested the money of the state companies

Trud daily newspaper

The legal expenses are the new barrier to the right to information.

Darik radio has convicted minister Dyankov for the subsidies of the indipendant MEPs.

In short: Darik has convicted the minister of finance

Sega daily newspaper

Darik radio has convicted Simeon Dyankov

Darik has convicted minister Dyankov for the subsidies of the indipendant MEPs.

15 Years AIP: nine stories for one cause.

Awards and anti-awards defined the line of freedom of infomration.

Naroden glas newspaper, Lovech

Hiding deals with the municipal properties is a practice.

Trud daily newspaper

The battle of authority with citizens

Dnevnik daily newspaper

The special surveillance means against vote purchasing.

bTV, Code:Criminalno boradcast show

Is "Secret of inquiery" a sacred cow?

Bulgarian National Audit Office (BULNAO) is a this year`s access to information champion.

Pari newspaper, Issue 183

As long as the officials and the councillors interpret Public Procurement Act as they wish, Bruxelles wil look at us suspiciously.

Stroitel newspaper

Super stars: Our fight for transparency in one poor ministry.

Sega daily newspaper

"Golden Padlock" for Vidin municipality

Happy feast to all who do not affraid of the information!

Engineer with access to information award.

Maritza newspaper, Plovdiv

59 reach the final for Access to Information awards.

Website of the Union of Bulgarian Journalists

"Breathe" in the Right to Know Day.

Nov zhivot newspaper, Kurdzhaly

The Parliament and Ministry of Finance are competitors for anti-awards on the occasion of RKD

Duma daily newspaper

BULNAO with the award for the institution most efficiently organised the provision of public inforamtion.

Държавна сигурност.com

The Parliament and Ministry of Finance are competitors for anti-awards on the occasion of RKD

Duma daily newspaper

International Right to Know Day

Kozloduy-bg.info

Architect Kalina Pavlova and NGO from Varan are awarded for contribution to the freedom of information.

AIP gives awards for the Rght to Know Day.

Arena Media, Rousse

We celebrate the International Rigth to Know Day.

BNR, Horizont programme

It is the Right to Know Day. Ask!

Sega newspaper is awarded with "Golden key"

Website of the Union of Bulgarian Journalists

Yambol and Viidn with anti-awards for violation of Access to Public Information Act.

Concillors in Yambol and Vidin are forced to beg information .

AIP gives awards for the contribution to the free information.

Arena Media, Rousse

Ministry of Defence is awarded with Honorary Diploma for contribution to freedom of information.

Website of the Ministry of Defence

Sega newspaper is awarded with "Golden key"

Internet website of the Union of Bulgarian Journalists

Only 10 access to information requests for 9 months.

International Rigth to Know Day - 28 September. Ministries and municipalities with awards and anti-awards.

Reporter Silistra

BULNAO with the award for the institution most efficiently organised the provision of public inforamtion.

Държавна сигурност.com

Vidin and Yambol municipality are the most non-transparent.

Dnevnik daily newspaper

Access to Information Programme celebrates the 9th Right to Know Day.

Access to Information Programme celebrates the 9th Right to Know Day.

Bulfax.com - Bulgarian and World News

Access to Information Programme celebrates the 9th Right to Know Day.

Tomorrow we will celebrate the rigth to know.

New Vision Agency

Access to Information Programme celebrates the 9th Right to Know Day.

International Right to Know Day

Vratza Plus information Agency

International Right to Know Day has a song "Breathe".

Portal Silsitra

Access to Information Programme celebrates the 9th Right to Know Day.

Good morning in the Right to Know Day.

Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water - Stara Zagora with nomination for the 28 September.

Starozagorsky novini

A case for access to information about the assigned check of the construction of so called First alley in Varna.

Dnevnik daily newspaper

AIP nominated the hospital of Sliven with award for Rigth to Know Day.

Focus radio - Sliven

Pleven and the region with 2 nominations for the Right to Know Day.

Posrednik newspaper

Rossen Plevneliev is involved in a new scandal by Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works. This time it's about so called Fisrt Alley.

2 newspapers and 6 journalists are nominated for Right to Know Day.

Website of the Union of Bulgarian Journalists

Ministers hide the salaries of the mmebers of the boards

Trud daily newspaper

Borissov joins in the Obama's Open Government Initiative.

Trud daily newspaper

Sofia municipality collects illegally the records from video cameras.

According to the normative acts everyone can use the data base.

Novinar daily newspaper

Big Brother at work? That's going too far.

Trud daily newspaper

The Presiedent has pardoned 431 criminals for 9 years.

Sega daily newspaper

The difficult burden of the transparency (AIP is cited)

Trud daily newspaper

Not so Veselie: The Bulgarian state will go to any lenght to prove that black is white

Vagabond magazine (Issue 57-58, June-July 2011)

It is absurd the law is applied against human rights .

Dnevnik daily newspaper

Teh Right to Access to Public Information.

Is the Urban Dvelopment Plan of Varna a public information?

Bulgarian AIP Offers Proposals in Annual Report

FreedomInfo.org

The Bulgarian election - without transparency.

Dnevnik daily newspaper

An engineer litigates with the municipality for 0,14 BGN

Maritza newspaper, Plovdiv

The court permits part of the Urban Development Plan of Varna to be hidden.

Dnevnik daily newspaper

The court decrees declasification of the contracts between Smolyan municipality and "Titan".

Otzvouk newspaper - Smolyan

The National Revenue Agency sticks signs of the shame

BNT, Channal 1. News

Kashumov: The secret of the vote works against democracy

BNR, Radio Sofia

Demagogy: The grief of the MPs can't stop the vote but hides it from citizens

Access to Information - is it lack of political will or lack of the governmental skills?

Bulfax.com - Bulgarian and World News

Want sanctions for refusal of information.

Gradski vestnik, Pernik

Secret: The authority can be registered as "Non-transparency Iternational Without Borders"

Sega daily newspaper

Access to Information and the institutions for children deprived of parental care.

BNR, Radio Sofia

Access to Information and the institutions for children deprived of parental care.

Darik radio, Who is speaking radio broadcast

The crimes against children in the institutions: 8 months later.

BTA National Pressclub

Kashumov: If we sentence Varna municipality about the Urban development plan, new publc discussion followes.

Kashumov: If we sentence Varna municipality about the Urban development plan, new publc discussion followes.

FOCUS information agency

For hidden information - sanction and control

Konkurent newspaper, Montana

Secrets and vagueness in the ministries.

Obectiv magazine

Litigation in Varna administartive court against the municipal draft of the Urban development plan.

FOCUS information agency

Conrol and sanctions forhidden information.

Lom Press, Montana

Kashumov: A municipality can`t refuse an information.

Website of the Union of Bulgarian Journalists

Gergana Jouleva: The financial transparency of the administration is the best anti-corruption measure.

Държавна сигурност.com

According to the AIP annual report the transparency and openness are not respected as fundamental values in Bulgaria.

Naroden glas newspaper, Lovech

Access to Information - what's the problem? The lack of political will or government skills?

Darts News Information Agency

Minister Tzvetanov wants the lawyers not to speak in the media (A.Kashumov is cited)

Sega daily newspaper

Access to Information - what's the problem? The lack of political will or government skills?

Dnevnik daily newspaper

The reccommandations on access to information - the same as the last year.

Posrednik - oline newspaper, Pernik

The publicirty remains structly forbidden.

Access to Information Programme: In Bulgaria we have no body, responsible for the coordination of the access to information.

New Visison Agency

Access to Informatino Programme published annual report

Vratza Plus information Agency

Public procurements - 2% transparency

24 Hours daily newspaper

Only 2% of state expenses are transparant.

Sega daily newspaper

71 court apeals for refusal of information.

Nov zhivot newspaper, Kurdzhaly

Access to Information presents its annual report.

Access to Public Information Act Does Not Work

Fines for the officials who deny information

Maritza newspaper, Plovdiv

Access to Information is still restricted.

Access to Information Programme: the administration often hide financial information.

Small part of the administration publishes financial information.

Държавна сигурност.com

The President has court permission not to dsiclose the names of pardoned people.

Sega daily newspaper

AIP:The ammendments in Access to Information Act is a must.

The Institutions hide information tenaciously.

71 court apeals for refusal of information.

Bulgarian administration denies access to information.

The Institutions and Public Information.

Access to Information presents the annual report.

71 court appeals for refusal of information.

Trud daily newspaper

The war between the administration and citizens are caused by the lack of respect to the requesters, sarcastic attitude to requester or attempts to be frightened.

Reporter Sislitra

The current situtation of freedom of expression in Bulgaria and its future in Europe.

BNR, Hristo Botev programme, Journalist`s club

Anti-awards for violation of personal rights.

A Conference discussed the litigation practice in access to information.

Posrednik newspaper

ECHR sued Bulgaria on two access to information litigations.

Radio Dobrudzha, Dobrich

Strassbourg slapped the Bourgas court and 4 expert from Ministry of Education.

Four ways for free access to the Trade Register.

Is the image of former agent of the State Security negative?

TV7, Block7: "5400"

The ammendments in the Trade Register: temporary measure in looking of ballance or...

Darik radio, Who is speaking radio broadcast

GERB has killed the Trade Register (Alexander Kashumov is cited)

As a whole the institutions neglect Access to Public Information Act.

Alexander Kashumov: Legal chaos and absurdity wiil be the consequences from the ammendments in the Trade Register.

Posrednik newspaper

Alexander Kashumov: the limitation of the access to the Trade Register violates the citizens' interests.

Glassove newspaper

The attempts of the governing bodies to close the access to the data in the Trade Register are permanent.

BNR, Horizont programme

Discrediting of the discrimination.

Trud daily newspaper

The administration shiny discloses information about its activites.

Duma daily newspaper

Discrediting of the Discrimination

Union of Bulgarian Journalists

The access to information legal practice will be discussed during the forum in Bulgaria.

The access to information legal practice will be discussed during the forum in Bulgaria.

The access to state bodies' contracts are discussed during the international conference.

Arena Media, Rousse

The institutions are not transparent when it comes to the publication of budget and public procurement information.

Access to Information Programme: The state and the municipality continue to hide information in a mass.

Fany Davidova: Fake profiles in Facebook.

Website of the Union of Bulgarian Journalists

Right of access to data about the biological origin.

bTV, Tazi sutrin broadcast show

The saga with the special surveillance means: The prosecutor's office have to read Access to Information Act more carefully.

Legal world magazine

The Trade Register is into the trap between personal data and the publicity.

Legal world magazine

Many institutions are "in the jazz" regarding access to information.

Posrednik newspaper

The citizens win more litigations than the administration

Naroden glas newspaper, Lovech

Who will win from the hidden trade register?

Dnevnik daly newspaper

Access to Information Programme has achieved a record with 98 considered complaints

Reporter Sislitra

Member of the Union of Bulgarian Journalists and 24 hour nespaper is AIP coordinator No1.

Website of the Union of Bulgarian Journalists

Citizen from SIlistra is AIP coordanator No 1

Reporter Sislitra

The Whole Country Could Be Tapped for the Purposes of One Crime

The silent refusal left in 20th Century.

Az Buki newspaper

SEEMO Expresses Concern over Amendments Limiting Public Access to Bulgaria's National Registry Databases

South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO)

Register under lock and key. The limitation of the free access to information could not be barrier to the theft of companies' identity.

The court repeals refusal of access to information.

Naroden glas newspaper, Lovech

The Ministry of Interior and the Parliament with Big Brother Antiawards

Varna municipality hides information about urban developmant plan.

Varna municipality uses officilas' tricks in order to refuse access to information

Alexander Kashumov: For the minister of Interiror it would be better not to sign the special survellance means.

Frauds steal compnies' identity via Internet (the opinion of Alexander Kashumov is commented)

24 Hours daily newspaper

The ammendments in Trade Register - no such a state in the European Union.

Dnevnik daily newspaper

The Ministry of Interior, the Parliament and the mobile operators take all Big Brother anti-awards.

Blitz Information Agency

Who is the "Big Brother" violtaing our privte life?

Nova television, Zdravei Bulgaria, Part 5

Gergana Jouleva (AIP executive director) and Dimitar Ganchev (Intenret Society) discuss the tapping issue and the Big Brother anti-awards.

Darik radio, Cheljusty brodcast show

The ammendments in Trade Register Act are anti-constitutional.

The Trade Register is locked because of the fashionable thefts of company identities (The statement of AIP is cited)

The Ministry of Interior and the Palriament deserved the Big Brother anti-awards.

Sega daily newspaper

Gave Big Brother anti-awards

Posredni newspaper

The Big Brothe anti-awards

BNR, Sofia radio, Chasyt na Infoholitzite broadcast show

Ministry of Interiror and the Parliament share the Big Brother anti-award.

Ministry of Interiror and the Parliament receive the Big Brother anti-award.

Galssove newspaper

Tzetzka Tzacheva (chairperson of the Parliament) does not come to get Big Brother anti-award.

Gave the Big Brother anti-award.

The Ministry of Interior and the Parliament received Big Brother anti-award.

Chanal 3 teleision

Ministry of Interior and the mobile operators with the Big Brother anti-awards

Dnevnik daily newspaper

Tzetzka Tzacheva (chairperson of the Parliament) does not come to get Big Brother anti-award.

10 Years Access to Public Information Act (participate Vesselka Venkova & Alexander Kashumov)

Skat National TV

The Parliament and Minsitry of Interior with award because of the Special Surveillance means scandal.

TV+, News emission

The Ministry of Interior, the Parliament and the moblie operators collected the Big Brother anti-awards.

BulFoto - Internet Photo Agency

Tzetzka Tzacheva (chairperson of the Parliament) does not come to get Big Brother anti-award.

Gave Big Brother anti-awards

The Parliament and the Ministry of Interior with an award thanks to the special surveillance means scandal.

AIP Foundation gives the Big Brother anti-awards.

Website of the Union of Bulgarian Journalists

The Ministry of Interior, the Parliament and the moblie operators with anti-awards.

The Ministry of Interior and the the Parliament are the Big Brothe anti-awards laureates

Sofia Press Information Agency

Hospital in town of Smolyan is nominated for the Big Brother anti-award.

SmolyanNews.com

Gave out the Bulgarian Big Brothe anti-awards.

The Unjustified secret surveillance of citizens continues.

Duma daily newspaper

Official ceremony on the occasion of the Big Brother anti-awards.

BTA National Pressclub

Big Brother anti-awards ceremony in Bulgaria.

Access to Information Programme and Internet Society- Bulgaria give Big Brother anti-awards.

Give the anti-awards Big Brother for fifth time.

Access to Information Programme will give annual Big Brother anti-awards.

Sliven Information Agency

Again give the anti-awards Big Brother

Dobrudzha radio

A citizen sentenced twice a mayor.

Trud daily newspaper

A mayor is sentenced twice for access to information by a citizen.

Naroden glas, newspaper - Lovech

Prosecutor's office, Ministry of Interior and the 3 mobile operators are nominated for the Big Brother anti-awards.

Videlina newspaper, Pazardzhik

Till when the taxpayers will pay for tapping?

Trud daily newspaper

How long the taxpayers will pay for the tapping?

Trud daily newspaper

Hide company's data. (Alexander Kashumov is cited)

24 Hours daily newspaper

Dangerous tendency: the access to company's files is closed.

Dancho Zaverdzhiev wins second litigation against the mayor of Lovech.

Shell we limit the use of special surveillance means? (Fany Davidova participates)

Darik radio, Cheljusty brodcast show

Special SUrveillance Means Act is again in ECHR, Srassbourg. Human right's advocates prepare an appeal.

Mirel Vesselinova

Human right's advocates attack the Special Serveillance Means Act in Strassbourg.

Dnevnik daily newspaper

Human rights advocates attack the Special Survailance Means Act in Stassbourg

Dnevnik daily newspaper

Media-oorlog in Bulgarije: censuur of valse concurrentie? (Media war in Bulgaria: censorship or false competition)

DENiEUWEREPORETER

Who and why is observing us?

Who and why observes us?

BNT, Denyat zapochva

Záznamy schůzky bulharského presidenta jsou veřejné (reprint of the news about succesful ltigation))

Otevrete.cz (Right to Information Project)

Can we check whether we are tapped (Alexander Kachamov is cited)

We can check if we are tapped (Alexander Kashumov is cited)

The lawyer of 2008 is a guest in the studio of Mark O'Selski

TV7, Na Inat boradcast

In the experts' opinion is hidden the fact that it is about the special surveillance means.

The court falls under the spell of the governmental trics.

Duma daily newspaper

Non-personal data (Fany Davidova is cited)

In the experts' opinion is hidden the fact that it is about the special surveillance means.

Novinar daily newspaper

It is about the real Special Surveilance Means and this fact is hidden whne is taking about the expertise.

Crime control or control of civilian population.

Dnevnik daily newspaper

Fight with the criminality or with the citizens

Dnevnik daily newspaper

The scandal regarding the usage of the Special Surveilance Means is in topic

10 Years Access to Public Information Act (participation of Alexander Kashumov and Veselka Venkova)

National SKAT TV

Alexander Kashumov: It is a problem that there is no follow-up court control of the use of the special sirveillance means

Dnevnik daily newspaper

Interview with Alexander Kashumov regarding the political scandals with audio records

There are substantial gaps in the decision (statement regarding the fine imposed to Iconomedia about 3 publications)

Alexander Kashumov: The more abuse, the more special surveilance means will run out.

The Ideas of GERB for defamation are under cross-fire (comments by Yonko Grozev, M.Ekimidzhiev and A.Kashumov)

The court repealed the mayor's of Lovech refusal t odisclose information on a project.

Naroden glas newspaper, Lovech

The governing bodies thinking about the defamation law (Alexander Kashumov participates)