Mr Lars Lindström, born 1949, has been elected Parliamentary Ombudsman by the Swedish Parliament as from 1 June 2011.

Parliamentary Ombudsman Petri Jääskeläinen has given the Ministry of Justice a reprimand on the ground that telephone advice services are still not provided free of charge by all of the authorities belonging to the Ministry's sector of administration.

The SPSO's complaints standards principles have been approved by the Scottish Parliament. You can download them here.

The new Mayor of Budapest has “dismissed” homeless people from the prior underpasses in the Hungarian capital. Consequently, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Civil Rights examined the situation of homeless people in Budapest in the winter 2010/2011. 

On 17 November 2010, the NSW Ombudsman Bruce Barbour tabled a report to Parliament entitled 'Responding to the asbestos problem: The need for significant reform in NSW'. Following the release of the Ombudsman’s report, the government has committed to $5.6 million to complete the minimum clean up required for the Woods Reef site.

The NSW Ombudsman Bruce Barbour is currently reviewing the use of Taser weapons by the NSW police. This is the second review he has conducted. The first was completed in 2008 and related to the use of Tasers by specialist units and senior police.

El Defensor del Pueblo de Navarra solicita que se interponga un recurso de inconstitucionalidad contra el Real Decreto-Ley que regula la energía fotovoltaica.

Following an investigation by the Ombudsman, the Ministry of Health reimbursed a Saskatchewan for the operation of his brain tumour in another country.