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May 12, 2006, 10 hours, 19 minutes and 47 seconds ago.

By ANDnetwork .com

THE European Union is opposed to the requirement by the government that non governmental organisations should renew their registration regularly with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Head of Delegation of the European Union Commission, Mr Sigurd Illing, yesterday told journalists that the requirement was “superfluous” and “unnecessary.”

“We have not quite understood what the reason for this could be because our feeling was that NGOs are already duly registered and that should be sufficient. Why should this now be reviewed?” he asked.

“We feel this is superfluous and there is no need to do that. We do not think this is necessary.”"