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One sixth of towns and municipalities meet transparency criteria

epa03642358 A Chinese technician debugs a row of video surveillance cameras for pubilc safety which are assembled on a pole in the Qingdao city, eastern China's Shandong province, 27 March 2013. China's public safety budget reaches at 128.989 billion yuan (Euros 16.227 billion) in 2013, up some nine per cent compared to last year, according to the Ministry of Finance. EPA/WU HONG

Only 16 percent out of a total of 556 cities, towns and municipalities in Croatia satisfy criteria of transparency, openness and responsibility in their treatment of residents and other groups concerned, and the city of Rijeka has earned the highest mark, 8.8 with the top mark being 10, according to findings of a survey conducted…

Government rejects GONG’s request for copies of all items on agendas of closed-door 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

The government on Thursday adopted a proposed decision to reject a request by the non-governmental organisation GONG to provide it with copies of all items on the agendas of government sessions held behind closed doors during its present term in office. ZAGREB, April 16 (Hina) – The government on Thursday adopted a proposed decision to…

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

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…

Direct Local Elections – Ambiguities Prior to and After the Elections

Zagreb, 14.04.2013 - U Hrvatskoj su u sedam sati otvorena biralita na kojima æe biraèi glasovati za izbor 12 èlanova u Europski parlament (EP) koji æe Hrvatsku u tom tijelu predstavljati od ulaska Hrvatske u Europsku uniju, 1. srpnja do redovitih izbora za èlanove EP-a na razini cijele Unije iduæe godine. foto FaH / Damir SENÈAR /ds

An expert conference under the title: “Local self-government and Direct Elections – Ambiguities Prior to and After the Elections”, jointly organized by the Faculty of Law in Zagreb and GONG was held in Zagreb on Tuesday, 27 January 2009. SUMMARY OF THE PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSION FROM AN EXPERT CONFERENCE Appeal to the Government of the…