Efficient identification of corruption risks and their assessment in public institutions is the main topic of a two-day Regional Forum which started in Ljubljana, Slovenia today. Opening the Forum, Boris Štefanec, the Chief Commissioner of the Slovenian Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, expressed his satisfaction with the fact that a day before Slovenia joined […]

The 26th RAI Steering group meeting was held on October 24th 2017, in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The meeting is the main forum of the Initiative, which will provide ground to the participants to take the decisions that will be implemented in the framework of RAI in the course of the following period. The Steering Group Meeting […]

RAI is proud to announce that Slovenia has formalized its cooperation with RAI by sending the formal request for status of Observer. The formal request was presented at the 26th RAI Steering Group meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, by Mr. Boris Stefanec, Chief Commissioner of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption of Slovenia and duly granted […]

Albanian prosecutors asked parliament on Thursday to remove the immunity of former interior minister Saimir Tahiri to allow them to investigate him on corruption and drug trafficking charges, the prosecution said.   The measure is a blow to the Socialist government of Prime Minister Edi Rama since Tahiri, interior minister for four years until March […]

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI) Secretariat in cooperation with the news channel N1 TV (CNN affiliate) would like to announce the broadcasting of the documentary “The Medal of the Loud” on N1 BiH and N1 Serbia, on 23 October 2017 at 20:00 CET. The documentary film “The Medal of the Loud” is produced under the auspice […]

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev on Tuesday called for the adoption of urgent, decisive, comprehensive and effective measures against corruption. Radev, who is the head of the CCNS, said after a meeting of the country’s Consultative Council on National Security (CCNS). “Corruption damages the image of Bulgaria, taints the moral, discourages people, repels investors and undermines […]

Former Albanian interior minister Saimir Tahiri has been accused of links with drug traffickers after his name was mentioned in a series of wiretapped recordings revealed by Italian media on October 17. The revelations have again thrown the spotlight onto the problem of drug trafficking in Albania, an aspiring EU member state that urgently needs […]

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI), in cooperation with the Agency for Prevention of Corruption of Montenegro, organized one-day trainings for coordinators of integrity plans in institutions of Montenegro. The trainings took place in three cities of Montenegro: Kolašin, Budva and Podgorica on 17-19 October 2017. Each training gathered about 70 public officials. The main objective of the trainings was […]

The 2017 Balkan Barometer public perception report for Southeast Europe shows that Kosovo* ranks highest in the region for optimistic outlook and trust in the Ombudsperson. Of the seven Southeastern European countries, Kosovo*’s population continues to have the most optimistic economic outlook, despite an increasing pessimism regarding the possibility that EU accession is just over […]

Today, the decision by 20 EU Member States to create a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is a breakthrough in the EU’s efforts to fight corruption, according to Transparency International EU, the anti-corruption NGO. The EPPO, which will be an independent EU body based in Luxembourg, will have the authority to investigate and prosecute fraud, corruption and […]