Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Ombudsmen" produced 103 items.
| 1. Not-so-special advisers | July 20, 2011 |
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Ombudsman criticises Commission. Nikiforos Diamandouros, the European ombudsman, has called on the European Commission to improve the way it vets the appointment of special... |
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| 2. Citizens deserve greater openness from the EU | March 18, 2010 |
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At the start of his second five-year term as European ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandouros says that he will push forward the frontiers of more transparency in the EU. The... |
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| 3. Nikiforos the brave? | October 1, 2009 |
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The ombudsman gets tough with Parliamant. Nikiforos Diamandouros, the European Ombudsman, is either brave or foolish – or perhaps both. The ombudsman is chosen by MEPs and... |
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| 4. Roll up, roll up! Come and see the amazing flying ombudsman | July 2, 2009 |
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Nikiforos Diamandouros enters the lion's den. EU policymakers have shown some sympathy to the difficulties faced by beleaguered Roma in Italy and by people with foreign... |
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| 5. Commission and Ombudsman clash over fishing quotas | February 24, 2009 |
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European Ombudsman upholds Scottish fishermen's claim that Commission wrongly reduced their days at sea in 2007. The European Ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandouros, has... | |
| 6. European Commission faulted over official languages | May 27, 2008 |
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European Ombudsman says European Commission should accept applications submitted in any official EU language.
The European Commission has been slammed by the European... | |
| 7. Ombudsman more critical of EU institutions | April 15, 2008 |
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Ombudsman made more criticisms of EU institutions in 2007 and reports that lack of transparency remains key failing. The European Union's institutions are overly secretive... |
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| 8. Diamandouros pays the price? | October 18, 2007 |
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Nikiforos Diamandouros, the ever-smiling European ombudsman, rattled the gilded cages of the Parliament and must now pay the price. He called for MEPs to publish details of... | |
| 9. Ombudsman calls for more transparency | July 26, 2007 |
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The European ombudsman has called for the public to have better access to official EU documents. In a response published on Tuesday (24 July) to the European Commission's... | |
| 10. Not yet showing: a private dysfunction | December 8, 2005 |
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Officials from EU governments were yesterday (7 December) discussing proposals from the UK presidency to give greater transparency to the proceedings of the Council of... | |
| 11. Research is a Greek speciality | September 29, 2005 |
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One of the thankless tasks of the European ombudsman is to listen to complaints from staff of the EU institutions about recruitment practices, remuneration and the like. On... | |
| 12. Buttice delays move to Commission's press service | June 23, 2005 |
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The last time Entre Nous mentioned Alessandro Butticé, head of communications at the EU's anti-fraud office, OLAF, he sent a copy to the EU Ombudsman, Nikiforos... | |
| 13. Ombudsman complaints rise 50% in 2004 | May 12, 2005 |
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Complaints to the EU's ombudsman rose by 53% in 2004 compared to the previous year, according to the annual report from the citizens' watchdog. Nikiforos Diamandouros... | |
| 14. Anti-fraud watchdog misled us over bribery case – ombudsman | February 10, 2005 |
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The EU's ombudsman has accused OLAF, the European Commission's anti-fraud office, of issuing “incorrect or misleading information” about a probe which led to a journalist... | |
| 15. Movers & Shakers | January 13, 2005 |
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MALGORZATA Alterman, head of press and media relations at the Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU, has been appointed spokeswoman for the European Defence Agency.... | |
| 16. Renewed efforts toward transparency at Council of Ministers rebutted | July 29, 2004 |
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THE Council of Ministers has rejected a bid to make its work more transparent, for the second time in as many weeks. It has decided to maintain the current practice on... | |
| 17. Ombudsman concerned over European Schools | July 29, 2004 |
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THE European Ombudsman has expressed concern about the way the European Schools are run after receiving 63 complaints. Nikiforos Diamandouros says the large number of... | |
| 18. Roy's the boy, but coy Schulz shoots off | October 30, 2003 |
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MEP Roy Perry might well struggle to get re-elected in next June's European elections, but it hasn't made him lose his sense of fair play. Speaking in Strasbourg last week... | |
| 19. Ombudsman forces U-turn from Council of Ministers | September 25, 2003 |
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THE Council of Ministers has backed down and agreed to give an unsuccessful job applicant access to her marked exam papers following pressure from the European Ombudsman.... | |
| 20. ‘Make praesidium meeting details public' | July 10, 2003 |
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DETAILS of meetings of the European Convention's praesidium, or steering committee, should be made public, says the European Ombudsman. Nikiforos Diamandouros has called on... | |
