The Czech Republic’s state prosecutor Jaroslav Šaroch has halted an investigation into alleged corruption carried out by the country’s prime minister, Andrej...
Tag - Corruption
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...
IT giant Microsoft has agreed to pay 25 million US dollars to settle an investigation against its Hungarian subsidiary over potential bribery and corruption. According...
Croatian state assets minister Goran Marić (pictured above) has resigned, citing excessive media pressure. “I worked under terrible pressure, I became a target,” Mr...
International corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) will sue the Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, over his failure to apologise for defamatory comments...
Corruption remains at the centre of attention when it comes to the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe. While some countries have become synonymous with...
A selection 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 here...
Former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader has been jailed for a previous corruption conviction after the country’s supreme court increased his original sentence...
Young people across Central and Eastern Europe are unsurprisingly claiming that corruption is the single biggest problem facing the region. A number have also –...
Romanian Minister of Justice Tudorel Toader has said that he will do all he can to block the appointment of a Romanian, Laura Codruța Kövesi (pictured above), as the...
