1.5 Protection of confidential sources of information is guaranteed by law. ANALYSIS: The protection of confidential sources of information is guaranteed by law: “Journalists are not obliged to disclose their information sources and their non-disclosure cannot be subjected to any direct or indirect sanction" (Article 6 [4] current Press Law). The law gives the same right to secrecy to the editors of press houses if they happen to know who the sources are. SCORES: Individual scores: 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, 2 Average score: 2.6 1.6 Public information is easily accessible, guaranteed by law, to all citizens, including journalists. ANALYSIS: The Access to Public Documents Act guarantees the right to public information. In practice, however, this right is openly violated, with the staff of public/state institutions and of some private institutions refusing to make available to the public and to journalists basic documents of public interest considered to be crucial for public information. The difficulty with the implementation of this law lies in the fact that there is a lack of knowledge not only on the side of journalists, but also at the public/state institutions themselves, which do not put in place structures capable of effecting proper disclosure procedures. There are institutions that do not account to anyone nor do they publicly present results of their government activities as required by the law. SCORES: Individual scores: 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1 Average score: 1.8 4