Strasbourg, 11/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - Nikoforos Diamandouros, the European Ombudsman since April 2003, was re-elected on Thursday by the European Parliament, for a mandate of five years. He won 564 votes, against 45 for the ombudsman of the region of Campania, Giuseppe Fortunato. Speaking to the press, Mr Diamandouros, who was flanked by the president of the petitions committee, Marcin Libicki (UEN, Poland), said that in 2004, approaches made by citizens to the Ombudsman had increased by...