The Balkans lead the way in Freedom of Information
By Henrik Kaufholz, Chair of the ECPMF
The citizens of Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia and Albania have better access to public information than Germans, Danes and Austrians.
Rodoljub Sabic (photo:privat)
This is the result of a benchmarking study on freedom of information laws (FoIA) in 95 countries done by the Centre for Law and Democracy in Canada. No country gets the maximum of 150 points, but in the top ten you will find Serbia with 135, Slovenia with 129, Albania with 127 and Croatia with 126. Austria and Germany are both in the bottom ten with 32 and 54 points respectively.
The Nordic countries…
