Strasbourg, 13/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 10 May, the European Ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandouros, presented his Annual Report for 2004 to the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament. In a brief press conference on 11 May, the Ombudsman said the 2004 saw an unprecedented rise of 53% in complaints to the Ombudsman (27% of them from the new Member States) and this trend was continuing in 2005. He said this did not reflect a worsening of behaviour by the European institutions, but...