It’s a gloomy picture for much of Eastern Europe and Central Asia – and parts of the EU – in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index. Ukraine...
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The arrest of MEP Eva Kaili over Qatar-linked bribery charges goes to show that kickbacks and shakedowns are just as brazenly entertained in Brussels as elsewhere in...
Bulgaria will on October 2 hold yet another parliamentary election, its fourth in two years. With an economic crisis looming and deep divisions over Bulgaria’s...
Following Ukraine, Serbia, Romania, and Poland here is the latest in our series of five unpopular opinions about the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. This week...
Easy access, enablers, libel laws which favour the wealthy, and good schools continue to make London the preferred destination for emerging Europe’s wealthiest...
Bulgarians are hoping that the EU’s new chief prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kövesi, will help them fight corruption. To do so, she will need local support. Almost a...
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš survived a confidence vote in parliament last week, but now faces a potentially more hostile foe in the form of an EU investigation...
Tennis matches are easy to fix, as only one player needs to be involved. Two Slovak players have been banned from the sport in recent months for doing just that. Two...
There are fewer democracies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia than at any point in the past 26 years, according to a new report from human rights watchdog...
Was revenue from smuggling used to finance the swift rise of a Ukrainian football team from obscurity to the country’s highest tier? A fresh corruption scandal has...
A recent resolution from the European Parliament and a report by the US State Department have condemned the state of media freedom in Serbia, as well as raising the...
Is Bulgaria really interested in helping the European Union fight against the theft and misappropriation of EU funds? Its nominations for the office of EU chief...
