Brussels, 27/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - On 26 April, the European Ombudsman presented his annual report for 2003. This first report by Nikiforos Diamandouros, who took up his post on 1 April 2003, still covers work by his predecessor, Jacob Söderman.
The total number of complaints received in 2003 by the services of the European Ombudsman was 2436, i.e. 10% up on the previous year. In total, 253 new investigations were opened during the year. The Ombudsman also dealt with a large number of...