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Blog on EUI Transparency Seminar Picked Up by Russian Blogger

An earlier summary of the EUI seminar of transparency, posted on this website some time ago, has been picked up by Moscow-based archivist and blogger Natasha Hramtsovsky. Her blog features a full translation of the summary in Russian. In an introduction, Ms Hramtsovky remarks:

The described event attracted the attention of several Russian colleagues (see http://svdrokov.blogspot.ru/2013/02/blog-post_11.html), who […] noted the lack of transparency of the seminar on transparency. This blog by Maarten Hillebrandt is therefore proposed to the reader […] published […]on the “Open Government in the European Union» blog.

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Seminar on Transparency and Archives in the EU reveals a wide range of views

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Utrecht Dissertation on Transparency in EU Law Awarded Cum Laude

Anoeska Buijze of the Utrecht Law School defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “The Principle of Transparency in EU Law” at Utrecht’s Academy Building on Friday 15 March. She was awarded cum laude for her considerable efforts at structuring a complex legal concept of EU law.

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Seminar on Transparency and Archives in the EU reveals a wide range of views

A seminar was held at the European Union Institute in Florence on 25 January 2013 with the title: “Transparency and Access to the Records and Archives of the EU Institutions”.

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Special workshop “Legitimacy 2.0: Transparency Online”, Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

E-transparency is currently one the fastest-growing branches of transparency research. As Albert Meijer of the Open Government research group argues: “Modern day transparency is Internet transparency.” The special workshop Legitimacy 2.0: Transparency Online allows participants to discuss this topic in the context of the philosophy of (social) rights.

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