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The Revenue Watch Institute (RWI) and the Oil for Development Program (OfD) of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation are pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for the 2013 RWI Petrad Fellowship.

The Dutch government indicated today it would not bow to Shell's pressure to weaken the EU's proposed disclosure rules. Norway's Statoil reaffirmed it does not support the API's lawsuit.

The European Union took a decisive step to counter corruption in global oil, gas and mining sectors, coming to agreement on transparency legislation under negotiation since 2011.

Oil companies should demonstrate their commitment to transparency by following the lead of Statoil in distancing itself from a lawsuit against a landmark U.S. anti-corruption measure.

Switzerland ducked an important opportunity to protect against the potentially damaging effects of opaque deals between its companies and commodity-producing countries.

Switzerland is under pressure to require more transparency about deals between commodity traders and governments.