Stories about coronavirus-related corruption are springing up like mushrooms. In effort to stem the spread of the virus, many countries declared a national emergency, which leads in some cases to weaker institutions and decreased transparency...
Tag - Corruption
Bulgaria this week announced plans to spend another 1.16 billion leva (592 million euros) to help its Covid-19-blighted economy, support frontline medics and protect...
There appears to be little chance of political tension in Bulgaria receding anytime soon, as protests against the country’s prime minister Boyko Borissov (pictured...
With Europe’s parliament having now approved the European Commission’s new “high-risk” list of third countries deemed a threat to the...
Corruption in the Western Balkans remains a major issue, with ever-decreasing political will to address it. Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have in particular come...
The regional economy of emerging Europe and Central Asia is forecast to contract by 4.7 per cent in 2020, with recessions in nearly all countries, according to new...
At the close of the Zagreb Summit in May, supporters of European Union enlargement, whether in the Western Balkans or within the Union itself, had reason to be happy:...
The British Ambassador to Romania Andrew Noble has called the country “one of the most courageous” in the east of Europe for its efforts to root out high...
On Sunday May 17, Albania’s National Theatre in Tirana was finally demolished after more than two years of protests and resistance from civil society, artists, and...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has made a third ruling in favour of Azeri investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova (pictured above). The Azerbaijani...
Victory at ECHR for anti-corruption hero places Romania’s constitutional court in unwanted spotlight
Just days after being named as Emerging Europe’s Public Figure of the Year, Romanian Laura Codruţa Kövesi has won a landmark victory at the European Court of Human...
The European Public Prosecutor Laura Codruţa Kövesi has been named as Emerging Europe’s Public Figure of the Year. Currently the head of the European Public Prosecutor’s...
