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Court rules in favour of EU document access

The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg has ruled in favour of a Finnish citizen who demanded access to several documents concerning the external relations of the EU, but had been forbidden to see them by a Finnish court ruling.

Former Foreign Ministry official Olli Mattila asked the European Commission and the Council for access to 11 documents concerning the relations of the European Union with Russia and Ukraine.

"The Commission and the Council refused to grant access to...

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