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e-mail: office@aip-bg.org
phone/fax: (+359 2) 988 5062,
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On March 19, 2008, Access to Information Programme filed an appeal to the Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court regarding the Regulation # 40 as of 2008 issued by the State Agency on Information Technologies and Communication and the Ministry of Interior, which binds the mobile operators and internet providers to retain data on electronic messages and phone calls. Read more...
Access to Information Programme held a National Round Table (NRT) on March 14, 2008, in Central Hotel Forum – Sofia, 41.
Problems faced by nongovernmental organizations when they exercise their right of access to information were discussed and strategies for advocacy work in the area were be outlined at the forum.
Participants at the National Round Table discussed and adopted a Memorandum with specific recommendations for the improvement of the access to information situation in Bulgaria..
Jan. 28, 2008: Big Brother Awards Ceremony Held in Bulgaria
On January 28, 2008, Access to Information Programme and Internet Society Bulgaria presented the the Big Brother Awards at a special ceremony held in the Center of Culture and Debate The Red House. The jury recognized two Bulgarian institutions for their extensive violation of the right to privacy and the protection of personal data: the Ministry of Interior and the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria. Read more... |
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Dec. 10, 2007 : Access Info launches "Recognise My Right" Campaign
International Human Rights Day sees the launch of a pan-European campaign that is calling on governments and the Council of Europe to give full recognition to the right of access to information. Read more... |
Bulgarian Court Repealed the Refusal of the Government to Provide Access to Contracts with Microsoft
In a decision, as of November 2, 2007, a panel of the Sofia City Court repealed the refusal of the Director of the Government Information Service (GIS) to provide access to information to the journalist from Capital weekly, Rosen Bosev. He requested information about the conditions under which the former minister of state administration, Mr. Dimitar Kalchev, signed a contract with Microsoft Company for the purchase of software licenses for the needs of the state administration, as well as a copy of the document itself. Read more |
Sep. 19, 2007: The Representative on Freedom of the Media of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (RFOM OSCE) has expressed concerns that the current draft of the Convention on Access to Documents contains "serious deficiencies" and has underlined the need to protect the right of access to information. In its submission to the Council of Europe dated 11 September 2007, the RFOM OSCE expresses concern that the proposed treaty falls short of international standards on the right to information, standards that the RFOM OSCE captured in a comparative study presented on 3 May 2007 (World Press Freedom Day). Read the draft Convention - full text in French and English ( 135Kb Doc file) |
| Aug. 28, 2007: Access Info Europe, Article 19 and the Open Society Justice Initiative are launching a campaign to call for the future European Convention on Access to Official Documents, currently in preparation by the Council of Europe, to meet international standards and to ensure adequate protection of the right to information. Read more... |
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June 7, 2007: Bulgarian National Assembly passed the amendments to the Access to Public Information Act, which have been broadly discussed within the last three months. Access to Information Programme (AIP) has opposed the amendments since they were introduced in February 2007 due to their apparent contradiction to fundamental FOI standards. More... |
May 28, 2007: AIP presented its Annual Report Access to Information in Bulgaria 2006 at a pres conference held in the Bulgarian News Agency. AIP has been preparing the Report since the adoption of the Access to Public Information Act in 2000. The Report contains detailed analysis of changes in FOI legislation and practices; characteristics of the cases that AAIP received for legal help; results from a monitoring on the active provision of information by the institutions on their web sites; and an overview of the most interesting developments in the FOI court practices in 2006. Full text of the report (PDF file 1.6Mb ) |
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May 21, 2007: 68 Sign Protest Letter Against Bulgarian
FOI Amendments
A letter calling on members of the Bulgarian National Assembly not to
pass proposed amendments which would substantially weaken the national
system for access to information was endorsed by 68 organisations and
individuals from around the world. The letter, drafted by ARTICLE
19, was sent to Bulgarian legislators earlier today. Read the full
text of the letter (PDF file 90Kb )
and the press release of AIP from
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