Hans-Martin Tillack, Stern magazine's former Brussels correspondent, is taking Belgium to the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
The German journalist is seeking the return of some 1,000 pages of documents that were seized by Belgian police in March 2004.
Officers raided Mr Tillack's home on the wishes of the European Commission's anti-fraud watchdog, OLAF.
The fraud body alleged that Mr Tillack may have bribed an EU official to get secret information.
But no f...
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.