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 prosecutor suggests it isn’t. The European Union’s chief prosecutor, Laura...
Tag - Corruption
As the world continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, economic freedom will be more important than ever, says a new report from the Heritage Foundation. In...
Freedom in the World 2021, published by US-based research and advocacy group Freedom House, finds that fewer than a fifth of the world’s people now live in fully free...
The EU needs to introduce tougher controls on the distribution of agricultural funds to stamp out corruption and ensure that CEE’s small farmers get their fair...
Since the reforming president Maia Sandu assumed office in Moldova in December 2020, the outgoing Socialist party, and its leader Igor N. Dodon, have been attempting to...
Throughout Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the Covid-19 pandemic has compounded existing democratic flaws, including weak checks and balances, persistent...
Another day, another fire at a Romanian hospital: five people were killed early on January 29 in a blaze at an intensive care unit at an infectious diseases hospital in...
A corruption scandal involving his Centre party has forced the Estonian prime minister, Jüri Ratas, to resign. The biggest losers, however, could be the far-right EKRE...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Much of emerging Europe is at risk of corruption in the defence and security sectors, according to new research from Transparency International. Decades of progress...
Moldova has made little progress in implementing reforms to improve the prevention of corruption in respect of parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors, according to a...
Last week the European Commission issued its latest ‘Enlargement Package’ for the Western Balkans (WB) and Turkey. This means that the six WB countries (Albania, Bosnia...
