Legal and Institutional Frame

The law on free access to information of public importance has been passed at the beginning of November 2004. The law has defined the right of the citizens, mass media and others to free access to information in the possession of the agencies of public authorities, except in cases as listed in this law, when it is necessary to protect a state or some other dominating public importance at a certain point in time or the right to privacy.

The commissioner for information of public importance has been elected by the decision of the National Parliament end of December 2004.

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The report of the implementation of the Law of the free access to information in 2006.pdf
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