Macedonia’s government said it is confident that the country can manage next year’s largest-ever state budget – whose adoption in parliament arrived earlier than usual. Macedonia has set next year’s budget, which entered parliament this week, at about 3.35 billion euros, with revenues estimated at about 3.05 billion euros. This means that the government plans […]

The leader and campaign manager of Romania’s second-largest party resigned on Wednesday after anti-corruption prosecutors said they were investigating him on suspicion of abusing his position to illegally secure funding for the party.   The resignation of Vasile Blaga, who has led several successful election campaigns, could weaken his Liberals ahead of a parliamentary election […]

Macedonia’s Special Prosecution, SJO, launched a new investigation on Wednesday, probing whether four Interior Ministry and counter-intelligence staffers committed grave financial crimes. Macedonia’s special prosecution, SJO, says it suspects that four Interior Ministry and counter-intelligence operatives illicitly acquired hundreds of thousands of euros of budget money for procuring and then maintaining telecommunications surveillance equipment for […]

The European Parliament launched a detailed inquiry into the Panama Papers leak of confidential documents on Tuesday, in an effort to close offhsore loopholes that have allowed the rich and powerful to hide billions in secret. The inquiry, which is scheduled to run for 10 months, opened with Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) questioning […]

Within the Implementation of the „Regional Programme on Strengthening the Capacity of Anti-corruption Authorities and Civil Society to Combat Corruption and Contribute to the UNCAC Review Process“, Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI) Secretariat, supported by the Austrian Development Agency, is organizing a Workshop on the Programme Implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Workshop is scheduled for […]

Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis will be in Kiel, Germany, on Wednesday, where he will receive the Hermann-Ehlers 2016 prize for “special merits in supporting the rule of law and fight against corruption,” said Presidency spokesperson Mădălina Dobrovolschi. Iohannis will receive the award from the Hermann-Ehlers foundation. “It is a prestigious award, one of the most […]

The Moldovan Party of Socialists is going to initiate a no-confidence vote against the government of the country, the party’s leader, Igor Dodon, said Monday. In June, the Socialists said that they would initiate no-confidence votes to ministers every week. They have already initiated such motions against the defense minister, the minister of education and the finance minister […]

Albania’s parliament has postponed until next week a vote on six draft laws from the judicial reform package, local media reported on Wednesday. The vote has been initially scheduled for Thursday. The draft bills are not incomplete this is the reason for the postponement, Albanian news agency ATA reported citing sources from parliament. A new date […]

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has discovered possible frauds in 556 projects financed with EU funds in Romania during the 2007-2013 programming period. The total value of these projects is EUR 1.3 billion, of which the fraud is estimated at around EUR 231 million, reports local Digi24. Romania’s Anti-Fraud Department, which represents the interface with […]

On September 20th, the head of the Anti-corruption Prosecution Office, Viorel Morari, announced about the arrest of 15 former or acting judges and 3 court bailiffs, together with the officers of the National Anti-corruption Center (CNA). Besides the 18 court officials, another judge and one bailiff were searched at their homes and included in the […]