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.

US-authorities prove to be much more open about the controversial rendition flights run by the CIA than their European counterparts.

Member states of the EU ask the Court in Luxembourg for help to hide their positions from the citizens, even after the positions have been leaked and known.

EU member states do not take yes for an answer. A fresh pro-transparency court ruling is repeatedly challenged by the Council of ministers.

The public has a right to know the arguments when the EU makes the laws and who is behind them, says the General Court of the EU in a pro-transparent ruling.