[2] The Law on Freedom of Information was adopted in September 2003 and was widely considered a progressive document, greatly appreciated by international experts.
Prior to the adoption of these regulations, in several cases public officials used to cite the lack of these implementation rules when refusing requests for information.
[4] According to the law, people can obtain information from: central government bodies, self-governing bodies, state institutions, organizations financed from central or local government finances, organizations with public functions, i.e. organisations providing public services (for instance, private universities, schools, hospitals, energy provider companies, etc.
Civil society organizations advocating for access to information suggest to apply with a written inquiry so that a compliant can be done in case of rejection.
Information holder may refuse to provide information if it contains state, official, bank or trade secret; infringe the privacy of individuals and his family; contains pre-investigation data which cannot be made public; concerns data with accessibility limitation (such as business, notary or medical secrets); infringes copyright and associated rights.
[2] In practice, despite the good legal framework, citizens and media professionals face some problems in accessing documents, such as incomplete disclosure of the information required, extensions of the time frame for obtaining information prescribed by the law, the refusal of some government bodies and officials to implement the law, and so forth.