RAI Secretariat took an active participation at the regional conference “Cities with Integrity”, which was held on January 29 to 31, 2017 in Belgrade, Serbia. The Conference was organized by the World Bank and Government of Austria, as part of the Urban Partnership Program II. It brought together around 70 local government officials, local government […]

The first one has claimed 10 000 dollars from a citizen to influence a court decision. The man had said that he would have some influence on judges of Râşcani District Court and Court of Appeal, and that he can influence them to take a favorable decision in his criminal case. The man was detained […]

Brussels says it will continue keeping tabs on Romania over corruption – “despite scores of MPs, mayors and magistrates being put on trial for graft in recent years”. EU chiefs have praised Bucharest for starting to root out the problem, but say more reform is needed to ensure progress made is not reversible. It comes […]

Amid the political turbulence that kicked off in Europe in 2016, an important event from last year risks being forgotten, the unprecedented global commitment to tackle corruption. World leaders at the anti-corruption summit in London committed “to expose corruption wherever it is found, to pursue and punish those who perpetrate, facilitate or are complicit in […]

Tens of thousands of Romanians gathered to protest in Bucharest, reported Nova TV. They are against the plans of the government to release about 3,000 prisoners. According to the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD), Romanian jails are overcrowded and this is why thousands of people who have violated the law have to be released. According […]

Romania’s Government plans to bring several changes to the country’s criminal laws via emergency ordinance. One such change aims to redefine abuse of power in the Penal Code, according to an emergency ordinance draft published by the Justice Ministry on Wednesday, January 19. Thus, public administration officials will be prosecuted for abuse of power only […]

Bulgaria’s citizens scored a very important victory over the monopolies and the private arbitration courts, Bulgaria’s Ombudsman Maya Manolova said on Thursday at the National Assembly after the MPs adopted at a second reading amendments to the Civil Procedure Code which banned the private arbitration courts from interfering in consumer disputes. Next week those amendments […]

The Council of Europe has called on Georgia to do more to reduce corruption but did acknowledge that it has made considerable progress. The Council’s anti-corruption body, the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), today (17 January) welcomed positive developments in the South Caucasus country of 3.7 million. It praised the introduction of a monitoring mechanism […]

Number of Moldovans who say that they live worse than previous year is in heavy decrease. On the other side, the percentage of persons saying that in 2016 had better living conditions than in 2015 is increasing. And the fight against corruption is named as one of the main events of the year, shows the most […]

Bulgarian prosecutors have laid criminal charges against only six of the 25 Varna customs officers and other individuals arrested for alleged corruption, it emerged on January 14. The Special Criminal Court will rule on January 15 on whether five should be remanded in continuous custody pending trial. Prosecutors alleged that five customs chiefs from the Varna […]