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 above, left) and his ruling GERB party enter their second week. The protests...
Tag - Corruption
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...
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has published guidelines addressed to its 50 member states aimed at preventing corruption in the...
The 2020 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), shows that the coming decade will be decisive for the future of journalism, with the...
