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After detailed grammatical and logical analysis of the Court: Minister Tzvetanov has never stated that Miroslava Todorova protects the organized crime

Legal world magazine

Measuring Transparency – Is a Global Index Possible and Necessary?*

AIP Monthly FOI Newsletter 11(107)

Access to Information Program published Litigation Under Access to Information Legislation

Democracy Research News/ Network of Democracy Research Institutes

The Right to be Informed

AZ BUki nespaper

Bulgarian Sports Minister Told to Supply Information

Freedominfo.org - The Global Network of Freedom of Information Advocates

Legal battles for transparency

New trends in the access to information litigation

Legal world magazine

The court in Strasbourg: There aren't guarantees that Bulgarian citizens will found out have they ever been under Surveillance

Legal world magazine

DUMA daily newspaper wins a litigation versus Government Air Unit 28

Duma daily nesspaper

We play at democracy in the face of Europe

Duma daily nesspaper

Alumna of Lovech Secondary School with Golden Key Award (Re the mayor of Dobrich)

Naroden glas newspaper, Lovech

Deputy minister of interior affairs suggests less authorities to tap

Dnevnik daily newspaper

Only one authority to tap and the information to be send to other authorities

Legal world magazine

"Secret" Party is awarded as a legal absurd (Re access to information about subsisdies of indipendant MEPs)

Dobrich municipality with "Golden Key" for providing access to information

FOCUS information agency

Two awards for Harmanly municipality

Give awards on the occassion of International Right to Know Day

Citizen of Varna is awarded for the most active use of the right to information

BTV, evening news emission

Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Service in the town of Varna took anti-award "Golden Padlock"

Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Service in the town of Varna took "Golden Padlock" for beating a citizens

Dobrich municipality with the award "Golden Key"

Gave the 10th awards for contribution to the freedom of information

A reporter from Nova TV is awarded about successful investigation

Today is the International Right to Know Day

Dnevnik daily newspaper

Mr Ivan Atanassov from Harmanly with Honorary Diploma, Harmanly municiplaity with Dishonorary Diploma

Citizen of Pleven is nominated for contribution to the freedom of information

City of Yambol has 5 nominations for the International Right to Know Day

A prosecution started against a beaten ATI requestor in Varna

AIP announced the nominations for the Right to Know Day

Duma daily nesspaper

Council of Ministers is nominated for anti-award

Trud daily newspaper

Mezdra municiplaity is nominated for Golden Key Award

The website of Mezdra municiplaity

Ministry of Environment and Water is among the nominees for the most transparent institution

Right to Know Day in Lovech will be marked with 2 initiatives

Naroden glas newspaper, Lovech

Access to Information Programme will organize the 10th Right to Know Day Award Ceremony

Five nominations from the region for contribution to the freedom of information

City of Yambol has 5 nominations for the International Right to Know Day

Foundation nominates a regional administration for award

City of Pleven for the first time has a positive nomination for 28th of September

Posrednik newspaper

Mezdra municiplaity is nominated for Golden Key Award

With nomination for Golden Key

Dobrich municipality is nominated by Access to Information Programme

Nova Dobrudzhanska Tribuna

Mezdra municiplaity is nominated for Golden Key Award

RIEW - Haskovo is nominated for Golden Key Award

Haskovonews.com

Mezdra municiplaity is nominated for Golden Key Award

Modrnavratza.com

Mezdra municiplaity is nominated for Golden Key Award

Vratza Plus Information Agency

Mezdra municiplaity is nominated for Golden Key Award

The former SJC has not been transparent

Trud daily newspaper

Kalfin: Should be exerted pressure on the free share of data

Website of Ivailo Kalfin, Member of EP

The court ordered the meetings of Sofia City Council to be broadcasted online

Kashumov: Among the SJC candidates there are not only prominent magistrates but also dubious

BNR, Horizont programme

Who deserves the Right to Know Day Award

Nov zhivot newspaper, Kurdzhaly

Right to Know Day will be marked with awards

Kozloduy-bg.info

Administrative Court - Sofia City: The Inspectorate have to give information regarding the inspection of the magistrate who is candidate for elected position

Legal world magazine

The corporate court cases during the transition period in Bulgaria remain inaccessible

Capital weekly nespaper

AIP hosted a Study Visit for a Delegation from Ukraina

AIP Information Newsletter, Issue 7(103)

Does the end of the official secrecy come?

Authority's taboo issues

Varna municiplaity is in the dusk as far as the online transparency

Dobrich municipality is the most transparent institution in Bulgaria

Radio Dobrudzha, Dobrich

Discussion about the efficiency of the legal proceedings in Bulgaria

BNT, Referrendum broadcast

The Institutions are trying to conceal their gaffes

Duma daily nesspaper

Tundzha municipality is with the highest score in Yambol Region according to the Active Transparency Rating

Tundzha municipality is with the highest score in Yambol Region according to the Active Transparency Rating

Advocacy for Access to Information – Achievements and Challenges Conference: Summary of discussions

AIP Information Newsletter, Issue 6(102)

Forums: Advocacy for Access to Information – Achievements and Challenges Conference

AIP Information Newsletter, Issue 6(102)

During the seminar in Veliko Turnovo reveal the 10 most important websites for the investigative journalists

Club "Civil Society - Truth"

The authority bolts the door on the access to information

Sega daily newspaper

Reveal the 10 most important websites for the investigative journalists

Naroden glas newspaper, Lovech

Conference in Bulgaria

Website of the Freedom of Information Foundation - Russia

First reflections regarding the report about the administration work in 2011

A journalist from Rousse is sentenced for her professionalism

AIP: There is a really active International NGO network in the field of access to information

Naroden glass - Lovech

The General Inspectorate at the Council of Ministers do not supervise the institutions when they infringe the law

Naroden glas newspaper, Lovech

How open is the open government in Bulgaria

A Rating shows how transparent is the authority

Nov zhivot newspaper, Kurdzhaly

Public Registers and Journalistic Investigations - Trainings in Karzhali, Haskovo, Smolyan

AIP Information Newsletter, Issue 5(101)

The public procurements information should be in Internet

Bulgaria On Air

Transparency with borders

Deutsche Welle radio

Alexander Kashumov: It is obvious that some of the Secret Service's files are lost

Novinar newspaper - Haskovo

Smolyan municipality - bad performance in online trasnaparency

Kyrdzhaky is in arrear with the access to public information

Access to Public Information Act is applied without rules and sanctinos

Duma daily nesspaper

The access to information: continue to hide public procurement information

Dnevnik daily newspaper

The infringement of Access to Public Information Act is unpunished

Sega daily newspaper

The Institutions hide asset declaration

24 Hours daily newspaper

Alexander Kashumov: the officila reads the APIA like the devil - Bible

Republica newspaper

Access to Information Programme: Tacit Denials of Information Remain Too Many, More State Institutions Update Regularly Own Websites

Chaos and instability in delivering access to public information

Are the public registers public for the media?

Nov zhivot newspaper, Kurdzhaly

Access to Information Programme: Tacit Denials of Information Remain Too Many, More State Institutions Update Regularly Own Websites

Commission should supervise the access to information

The State continues to hide public procurement contracts (video)

Alexander Kashumov: There are no sanctions for violation of access to information

Sliven Information Agency

There is a law but nobody respects the rule of law

Legal world magazine

Access to Information in Bulgaria - 2011

No official has been sanctioned for hiding public information

Access to Information: still hide data on the public procurements

Kashumov: There are no sanctions for violation of access to information

The public information requests decrease twice but the refusals increase

Държавна сигурност.com

Kashumov: There are no sanctions for violation of access to information

Forthcoming events in Bulgaria on 17th May: AIP will present its annual report

FOCUS Infromation Agency

Acceess to Information Programme wants public procurements contracts to be published in Internet

Sega daily newspaper

AIP - Bulgaria released the results from the "2012 AIP Audit on Instittutional Web Sites: First Active Transparency Rating"

Democracy Research News

Unhuman problem. How inaction of the Bulgarian authorities to the systematic violations of the human rights becomes problem for whole Europe

Capital weekly nespaper

The court rules in favour of the overriding public interest regarding the case about the diploma of Kalina Ilieva.

Naroden glas newspaper, Lovech

Foundation esrimates the web sites of the authority

Maritza newspaper - Plovdiv

Interview with Gergana Jouleva during the annual meeting of the OGP Initiative in Brazilia

Gergana Jouleva: The refusal of Institutions to publish the contracts remains a problem

Dnevnik daily newspaper

In Montana regional institutions - sun, cloud and fog

Konkurent newspaper

Sofia municipality and the Active Transparency Rating

The Active Transparency Rating

Varna radio, Position broadcast

The Active Transparency Rating

Internet website of the Institute for Market Economy

Dobrich municipality is the most transparent, the institutions do not publish their contracts.

Dnevnik daily newspaper

Access to Public Information Is Improving Gradually, Survey Finds

Access to Information Programme presents the Active Transparency Rating or to what extent are online accessible the state institutions.

Canal 3 television

Dobrich municipality has the first place in the Active Transparency Rating

Darik news, Dobrich

Are the insitutional websites accessible?

When it is about the institutions the most secretive issue are their finances

Ministry of Defence is with the highest score in the Active Transparency Rating

Website of the Ministry of Defence

Gergana Jouleva: The Active Transparency Rating force the institutions to be more open

Is the access to public information improved?

Internet website of the Union of Bulgarian Journalists

Dobrich municipality is the most transparent insitution

Radio Dobrudzha, Dobrich

Rating: Ministry of Defence - the most transparent

AIP: Dobrich municipality with highest score in Active Transparency Rating

The municipalities are the most transparent institutions

TV7, Evening news emission

Rating: Ministry of Defence - the most transparent

Access to Information Survey: Dobrich municipality is one of the most transparent institutions

Who is implementing the public procurements is the most hidden information by the authorities,

Ministry of defence is the most transparent of all executive bodies

Standart daily newspaper

In favour of the citizens: AIP creates public registers portal

Държавна сигурност.com

Lack of the financial transparency in the insittutional websites

BBT, Central News

Active Transparency Rating - 2012 and Public registers portal will be presented from 12:00 p.m. in BTA

Active Transparency Rating is presented

Dobrich municipality has the first place in the Active Transparency Rating

Access to Information through Public Registers - Mission is Possible

Active Transparency Rating - 2012 and Public Registers Portal

Bulgarian NGO Information Portal

All registers in one portal

Trud daily newspaper

Present Active Transparency Rating - 2012

The Active Transparency Rating 2012

The News of Varna

The Active Transparency Rating 2012

The Internet, ACAT and the Human Rights

Access to information Programme explains to the journalists how to use the public registers

KUBER Press Information Agency

Workshop about the use of public registers and the institutions' obligation to publish information

Kjustendilski Novini

Access to Information Programme rates the insititutions

Darik news, Kjustendil

A municipality wants 3300 BGN for access to public information

Sega daily newspaper

A seminar about the use of the public registers will be held in Kjustendil

Kjustendilsky Novini

Personal data from the job competitions are in Internet for years illegally

Alexander Kashumov: In the UK the tapping is ten times less than in Bulgaria

Naroden glas newspaper, Lovech

Developments on FOI cases

AIP Monthly FOI Newsletter, Issue 2(98)

The ACTA Attack Stopped, the Battle Continues

AIP Monthly FOI Newsletter, Issue 2(98)

Something New, Something Free and Just on Time!

AIP Monthly FOI Newsletter, Issue 2(98)

Alexander Kashumov: The Parliament has to rewrite some texts of the Protection of Classified Information Act

FOCUS Infromation Agency

Kashumov: As soon as something enters the court room it has to be public

The municipalities have not published the asset declarations in line with the Conflict of Interest Act

Alexander Kashumov: The Law for Access and Disclosure of the Documents of the former State Security Serivice makes the past of public persons transparent and the Constitutional court has to consider the public interest

Държавна сигурност.com

Who Is Afraid of the Dossier Law?

Again for the publicicty of the bonuses

Portal Silistra

The law enforcement officer collects FOIA expenses in Ministry of Defence

Portal Silistra

The exepenses of the community centres must be public

The foeman of the institutions

Trud daily newspaper

Is the Internet a human rigth?

Trud daily newspaper

Ten nominees for the Lawyer of the Year Award

When the municipality hides an information, the court intervenes

Sedmitza - internet edition

Citizens win an information battle

Maritza newspaper - Plovdiv

The former Secret Service recruited in the high schools (Alexander Kashumov is cited)

Trud daily newspaper

Videlina newspaper has won an access to information litigation against Municipality of Pazardzhik.The decision of SAC is final

Videlina newspaper, Pazardzhik

Experts: the former Secret Service is trying to close the topic regarding the dossiers through the Constitutional Court

Държавна сигурност.com

It is not decently a bad student to critisize his/her teacher

Desant nespaper - Bourgas

The Special court wants the media to coordinate the content of the articles about court's activity (Alexander Kashumov is cited)

Legal world magazine

Publication of Unverified Data is Acceptable When There is No Timely Information on Wrongdoings

AIP Monthly FOI Newsletter 1(97)

There is an exessive use of the personal data (Alexander Kashumov is cited)

Trud daily newspaper

What's the connection between 122 decares of the See Garden in Varna, the so called Fisrt alley and the president Pyrvanov

ALFA television

Access to Public Information Act -12 years later: practices and implementation

Portal Silistra

The name and the sentence of the pardoned persons shouldn't be a secret

Novinar newspaper

The pardons of the President are notorious

Sega daily newspaper

How many criminals are pardoned by the vice president Anguel Marin?

New television, The hour of Milen Tzvetkov broadcast

Freedom for the dangerous criminals

TV7, предаване "Бодилник"

An easy espionage

TV7, News emission

George Pyrvanov and the vice president pardon non-transparently

George Pyrvanov and the vice president pardon non-transparently

The vice president Marin and the pardons

Canal 3 television

Laws and practices regarding the access to public information have been discussed at conference in Bratisslava

Nessebar-News.com

Eight years we are fighting for the rights of journalist Kassabova