A court in Bratislava sentenced former soldier Miroslav Marček to 23 years prison on April 6 for the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak (pictured above) and his fiancée...
Tag - Corruption
As this article was being written, Romania’s death toll from the novel coronavirus stood at 133, easily surpassing Ukraine’s 27 victims, Hungary’s 32, Poland’s 71 or the...
So there we have it. The year is done, and by and large it’s been a good one for emerging Europe. (I have brought together the main events of the year in a special...
Pavel Zeman, the chief public prosecutor of the Czech Republic has decided to reopen a case against Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš claiming that he illegally obtained...
Almost half of Czech entrepreneurs perceive corruption as a widespread phenomenon in the country and a barrier to doing business. According to a survey published by the...
The Czech anti-government protest movement A Million Moments for Democracy is calling for new mass demonstrations, and has called on the country’s prime minister...
Hungarian opposition party Momentum Movement has condemned a raid carried out by the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV), whose agents searched the party’s...
The Czech Republic’s chief state attorney, Martin Erazim, has confirmed a decision to halt an investigation into alleged corruption carried out by the country’s...
Hungary misuses more European Union funds than any other country, claims a new report from the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). OLAF concluded 52 probes into...
The Czech Republic’s state prosecutor Jaroslav Šaroch has halted an investigation into alleged corruption carried out by the country’s prime minister, Andrej...
The Hungarian Central Prosecutor’s Office has opened a new investigation into corruption and fraud involving the local subsidiary of software giant Microsoft. In...
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has urged Slovakia to strengthen the effectiveness of its legal framework and policies to prevent...
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is concerned that Hungary has not commenced any foreign bribery investigations or prosecutions in over...
