March 2009

NGOs slam report on implementation of law on right to access to information

A report on the implementation of legislation regulating the right to access to information which was submitted by the Central State Office for Administration to the Government last week, is lacking, inconsistent and tendentious, representatives of several nongovernmental organisations told a news conference in Zagreb on Wednesday. ZAGREB, March 25 (Hina) – A report on…

Government rejects NGO’s criticisms about its closed sessions

epa03621518 A Member of the European Parliament raise his hand in a voting during the plenary session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 13 March 2013. The European Parliament rejected the compromise of EU governments for the financial planning of the European Union until 2020. EPA/PATRICK SEEGER

Government spokesman Zlatko Mehun on Tuesday rejected criticisms from the non-governmental organisation GONG about the lack of transparency in government work and its closed sessions. ZAGREB, March 10 (Hina) – Government spokesman Zlatko Mehun on Tuesday rejected criticisms from the non-governmental organisation GONG about the lack of transparency in government work and its closed sessions.…

GONG: Tansparency of the government’s work in 2008

epa03644178 A businessman uses a tablet computer at a park in Tokyo, Japan, 29 March 2013. Japan's unemployment rate edged up by 0.1 percentage points to 4.3 per cent in February 2013, the government said 29 March 2013. The number of unemployed people dropped by 120,000 from a year earlier to 2.77 million, falling year-on-year for the 33rd consecutive month, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said. EPA/KIYOSHI OTA

The Croatian government has continued to violate the principles of good conduct, transparency and responsibility towards citizens by holding increasingly frequent closed-door sessions, by failing to make public decisions on the allocation of funds from budgetary reserves, and by issuing incomplete statements and failing to make public, at least two days in advance, the agendas…