Albanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ditmir Bushati said in an interview with the Paris-based television network France 24 that key judiciary reform in Albania is a deep and comprehensive reform that will create an entirely new architecture of the country’s justice system, ATA reports.   Foreign Minister noted that the justice reform process will screen […]

Croatia’s former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader was sentenced to four and a half years in jail by a Zagreb court on Friday (7 April) for taking more than €2 million in bribes while in power. Sanader, who led the government from 2003-2009, has also been indicted in three other graft cases in which he is […]

The Judicial Commission of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies recently approved a draft law changing two articles in the country’s Criminal Law and taking out the ‘conflict of interest’ notion. The concept is now replaced with “using the position to favor certain individuals,” News.ro reported.   According to the reasoning behind the decision, “the amendment of […]

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI), in cooperation with the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Agency for the Prevention of Corruption and Coordination of the Fight against Corruption is organizing a training for Coordinators and Deputy Coordinators of Integrity Plans within each judicial institution in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The one day training […]

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI), in cooperation with the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Agency for the Prevention of Corruption and Coordination of the Fight against Corruption is organizing a training for Coordinators and Deputy Coordinators of Integrity Plans within each judicial institution in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The one day training […]

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI), in cooperation with the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Agency for the Prevention of Corruption and Coordination of the Fight against Corruption is organizing a training for Coordinators and Deputy Coordinators of Integrity Plans within each judicial institution in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The one day training […]

Balkan countries experienced democratic setbacks in 2016 because of corruption, political interference in the justice system and uncompetitive elections, said a Freedom House report.   Serbia’s democracy reached its lowest level since 2005, while Kosovo, Romania and Montenegro made some progress. Graphic: Freedom House. Most Balkan countries experienced setbacks in their progress to democracy last […]

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI), in cooperation with the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Agency for the Prevention of Corruption and Coordination of the Fight against Corruption is organizing a training for Coordinators and Deputy Coordinators of Integrity Plans within each judicial institution in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The one day training […]

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI), in cooperation with the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption and Regional Cooperation Council organized a second round of Training on corruption proofing of legislation, on 27-28 of March 2017 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. The training is organized within the Southeast Europe Regional Programme on Strengthening the Capacity of Anti-corruption Authorities […]

A court has confirmed an indictment against 16 people accused of issuing illegal loans and guarantees on behalf of a defunct bank in the mainly Serbian entity, Republika Srpska. A court in Bosnia has confirmed an indictment against 16 people in relation to a scam in which a now-defunct bank in Republika Srpska, RS, issued […]