Thousands of Montenegrins have taken part in an online referendum on the country’s military status organised by a pro-Russian NGO – as pressure continues on the government to hold a national referendum on the issue. More than 10,000 people have taken part over two weeks in an online referendum on the military status of Montenegro, […]

Only a handful of Romanian politicians under investigation by the country’s anti-corruption agency have pulled out of the campaign for the local elections in June. Investigations by the National Anti-Corruption Directorate, the DNA, have not stopped many Romanian politicians from campaigning for office in the June elections. Ludovic Orban, who planned to run for the […]

Global Organization of Parliamentarians against Corruption (GOPAC) might shortly have a subsidiary in Moldova. This was announced by the emeritus chairman of the GOPAC, John Glass Williams in a meeting with the Moldovan Speaker Adrian Candu. According to the official, the basic purpose of the subsidiary will be to provide assistance and capacity building of […]

Democracy declined in the Balkan region for the sixth year in a row, as strongman leaders took nearly unchallenged control of state institutions in several countries, a new Freedom House report claims.       After substantial progress from 2004 to 2010, democracy in the Balkans has declined for six years according to US-based NGO […]

There is external pressure upon the anti-corruption prosecutors, from some of the investigated persons, as well as internal pressure, determined by the deadlines to be observed, said on Sunday the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) head, Laura Codruta Kovesi in a broadcast to ProTv private television. “The external pressure would also be the public statements. You’ve […]

The masterminds of a group which according to the USKOK anti corruption office laundered over HRK 630 million through fictitious gold sales, are father and son Ante and Luka Gale whom, alongside another 11, the Zagreb County Court placed in one month’s detention on Friday night, Hina news agency reports. Among them are the fugitives […]

The current draft of Bulgaria’s anti-corruption bill will send a clear message no-one is beyond the law, Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva has argued.   Kuneva is quoted by the Bulgarian National Radio as telling reporters that the new version of the bill is “much more powerful” that the previous one, since the team preparing […]

An OCCRP and Access Info Europe report released today found it is nearly impossible for the public to access data on company ownership in most of Europe. Titled “It’s None Of Your Business!,” the report is the result of two years of research across 32 European jurisdictions by Access Info Europe and local OCCRP journalists. OCCRP […]

Bosnia needs to better regulate the destination of properties seized as a consequence of criminal activities, experts say, adding that this would also help fighting organised crime. While no law defines this issue at national level, laws exists at the level of the country’s two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska. These […]

Prosecutor is credited with taking on MPs, government ministers and a sitting prime minister. Two men were arrested in Romania on suspicion of spying on the prosecutor leading the nation’s anti-corruption campaign, it was revealed Wednesday. The men are employees of Black Cube, a private intelligence company founded and led by two former Israeli intelligence officers, according to […]