<p><span style="font-size: small;"><img src="images/stories/sofia.jpg" border="0" width="247" height="163" style="float: left;" /> SKOPJE, March 14, 2013 - A group of Macedonian journalists were acquainted with the practices and experiences of their Bulgarian colleagues and experts on how to inform better the public through the application of the Law on Free Access to Public Information, during a three-day study visit to Bulgaria.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Attorney-at-law in the Access to Information Program in Sofia, Alexander Kashumov, who helps journalists in the exercise of this right, encouraged Macedonian journalists to use more all the opportunities that are available through the Law to gain information from state institutions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Kashumov stressed that Bulgarian institutions nowadays publish lot of information that earlier journalists have been obtaining by submitting requests for access to public information.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Aleksenija  Dimitrova, editor in one of the biggest newspapers "24 Hours", who  released exclusive and confidential information on domestic and foreign  policy of Bulgaria in the last 15 years through the mechanisms for  access to public information, encouraged Macedonian journalists to use  this right not only for everyday reporting, but also for in-depth  research and reporting. </span></p>
