Websites transmitting requests and providing information from official authorities have mushroomed during the last couple of years. The results range from a good start to success.

The Danish EU-presidency has failed to unite member states on new access rules for the EU-institutions.

Swedish parliamentarians have unanimously agreed not to propose a recast of the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act, the first law in the world to grant citizens access to public information.<

Proposed new EU-rules on data protection threaten public access to documents and the freedom of expression.

Danish investigative journalist Bo Elkjær has waited for requested documents on the treatment of prisoners in Iraq for more than a year.