Serbian government doubles Freedom of Information deadlines
05.04.2020
Date:
05.04.2020
Number of cases:
1
Regions/Countries:
Europe: Serbia
Alert types:
Restrictions on access to information: FOI rules suspended / deadlines extended
The Serbian government doubled the amount of time public bodies had to respond to journalist鈥檚 Freedom of Information requests during the state of emergency. As a result, media reported that institutions have cited the new rules in refusing to provide information altogether. Other requests were ignored or never responded to.