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Editor Resigns Over Open Access

Says publisher denies developing world access to research findings.

Shadbolt & TBL Outline Open Data Institute UK

ODI to launch in September.

2nd CfP for Open Knowledge Festival
Get your proposal in by 1 June!
Open Food Facts Launched

On 19 May, Food Revolution Day, a new website has been launched called Open Food Facts.

Similar to earlier attempts such as Kijk of 't Klopt in the Netherlands (now defunct), this new site aims to open up data on food products world wide.

Europeana Hack4Europe!

In Riga, Warsaw, Berlin and Leuven.

Presentation at Moldova ICT Summit
On why open data is important for the EU.
Earlier news
Lazio Region Votes on Open Data Law

"Revolutionizing citizen-gov relationship"

A Wealth of Data Visualization Tools
A list to help you get started on data viz.
Win Tickets for Austrian Data Journalism Events

4 bloggers can get free access.

Apps4Italy Finalists Announced

15 apps, 5 datasets, 10 ideas

Car registration holders discuss potential impact of PSI Directive

Presentation on financial impact

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Or add your own answers.

SNCF Idea Competition Winners

Winners announced, next step: hackdays.

Open Data Plans in Hamburg

Data portal this year.

New Legal Cases Published

Dutch road data, Canadian postcodes

Danish Article on Funding Key Registries

How to finance authoritative basic data while promoting re-use?

Finnish Geodata Opened Up

Downloads from 9 May.

Apps4Italy Jury Starts Work

200 submissions, 70 ready to use apps.

Join the Italian Digital Agenda Discussion

A public on-line discussion has been launched to collect and discuss ideas on implementing the Italian Digital Agenda.

Harvard Releases Bibliographic Metadata

Under CC0 license.

Data Journalism Handbook Launched

"Tips for working with numbers in the news."

Apply for ePSI Travel Bursary for Open Data Week

Join us for the May 25 European conference in Nantes!

Dutch Seed Database to Open Up

Gov and business sign memorandum.

Read our Topic Report: Amendments to the PSI Directive

Where are we headed with the new PSI Directive proposals?

Dutch City Enschede Open Sources Data Portal
Roll your own data portal.
UK National Audit Office: Implementing Transparency

Taking a look at open government impact.

OKFN Launches Open Data Census

The state of key datasets globally.

Austria Launches National Data Portal
Over 280 data sets, CC BY license.
DAA 2012: Join the discussion now!

On-line interaction in preparation for the June 20-21 event.

French Data Portal Now In Version 2

Added collaborative functionality.

Slovak Republic Creating Data Portal

Not launched yet, but on-line.

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: epsiplatform: Genome editor resigns from Elsevier mag over #openaccess http://t.co/xVtgivTp "Denying developing nations effective access to research" (1 day 2 hours ago)
: epsiplatform: Shadbolt and TBL outline plans for #opendata institute UK #ODI http://t.co/11KR3GIL (1 day 2 hours ago)
: epsiplatform: 2nd round Call for Proposals of Open Knowledge Festival! Get your proposal in by 1 June! http://t.co/MR5jz0GN #opendata (1 day 2 hours ago)