Europa Press Releases: Digital Agenda: Turning government data into gold
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 13:04
“The [European Commission's Open Data Strategy for Europe is] to lift performance EU-wide is three-fold: firstly the Commission will lead by example, opening its vaults of information to the public for free through a new data portal. Secondly, a level …
Nieman Reports: Investigating Farm Subsidies on a Global Stage
Tuesday, 3 May 2011, 07:10
Nils Mulvad: "The collaborative effort among journalists to make the E.U.’s farm subsidies transparent is a striking example of how developing networks and providing support for reporters can result in important stories being told."
Deutsche Welle: EU to launch tender for open data portal
Thursday, 21 April 2011, 09:08
"In the coming weeks, the EU will launch a tender for tech companies and freelance programmers to create an EU-wide online portal to allow access to government information and services. … the project's aim is to change how European citizens…
FT.com: Investigation reveals EU funding mess
Tuesday, 30 November 2010, 09:00
"Cynthia O'Murchu, the FT's investigative reporter, explains how the FT and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism pulled together an eight-month expose of the murky world of EU structural funds."
Out-Law.com: Consent will be required for cookies in Europe
Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 16:35
"The now-finalised text says that a cookie can be stored on a user's computer, or accessed from that computer, only if the user 'has given his or her consent, having been provided with clear and comprehensive information'."
Observer: Aghast Mail bemoans birth of ‘European superstate’
Sunday, 8 November 2009, 13:49
Peter Preston: "[Stephen Glover] could go on now to inquire whether it's really good enough for poor editor Paul Dacre to cover an all-powerful superstate via its political staff in SW1. And, to be frank, because nobody bar the FT quite escapes the blight of shrunk or shrinking EU coverage, similar logic closes over all Fleet Street like a vice."
FollowTheMoney.eu: Find out how your taxes helped empty the seas
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 11:12
"Today sees the launch of a new transparency website from the FollowTheMoney.eu stable. It presents data on 97,260 payments totalling 8.5 billion euro from 1994 to 2006."
FollowTheMoney.eu: Find out how your taxes helped empty the seas
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 11:12
"Today sees the launch of a new transparency website from the FollowTheMoney.eu stable. It presents data on 97,260 payments totalling 8.5 billion euro from 1994 to 2006."
FishSubsidy.org
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 11:11
Another EU-wide freedom of information project from FollowtheMoney.eu
FishSubsidy.org
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 11:11
Another EU-wide freedom of information project from FollowtheMoney.eu
Thursday, 29 November 2007, 10:51
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"In a ruling welcomed as a victory for freedom of the press, [the ECHR] has awarded damages to an investigative journalist whose home was raided and computers confiscated after he published reports alleging fraud within the European Union."
Thursday, 18 October 2007, 16:52
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"A new verb has entered the European journalists’ lexicon: to wob. It comes from the slang used by Dutch reporters to make a freedom of information request and emerges as laws allowing access to official documents are sprouting across Europe."
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 18:35
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Only 1.07 percent of applicants for access to documents in the European Commission in 2005 stated that they were journalists.
Sunday, 23 September 2007, 14:51
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[The major mobile phone manufactoryers have] "decided to standardize on micro-USB as the charging interface for mobile phones, putting an end to the needless waste created by needing separate chargers for each device."
