Montenegro has allocated €4.8m this year for the fight against corruption, which is twice more than in the past. It has been announced at the conference “The price of corruption – analysis of the anti-corruption policy effectiveness”, organised by the Centre for Monitoring and Research (CEMI). The participants of the conference have agreed that political […]

The European Union and the Republic of Moldova (hereinafter “Moldova) held today the second meeting of the Association Council under the Association Agreement. The EU and Moldova reconfirmed the common determination to implement their commitments to strengthening Moldova´s political association and economic integration with the EU. While acknowledging the provisional application of the Association Agreement […]

EU member states’ governments are set to vote Tuesday on conclusions based on reports prepared by the EU Commission about the judicial system and anti-corruption measures of Bulgaria and Romania. The reports have been an annual practice for the Commission since 2007, when the two countries joined the bloc and agreed to have their judiciary […]

Eastern Europe is closer to the conflict in Syria and this explains its different reaction to the migrant crisis compared to the West, Bulgaria‘s Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva told the BBC. She also commented on domestic issues such as the fight against corruption and Bulgaria‘s further integration into the European Union. In a HardTalk […]

A recent decision of the Constitutional Court changes the rules for criminal investigations in Romania and may impact thousands of ongoing corruption and organized crime investigations as well as cases already sent to court. The decision will also force local prosecution bodies hire more people and spend millions of euros on setting up their own […]

The Commission welcomes today’s political agreement by Member States on the automatic exchange of tax-related financial information of multinational companies, known as country-by-country reporting, subject to UK parliamentary scrutiny. The agreement was reached at a meeting of Economic and Financial Affairs ministers in Brussels, less than two months after the European Commission presented its ambitious […]

Romania’s anti-corruption prosecutors again announced record results in 2015, and public confidence in the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) is high. But while the many arrests have a deterrent effect, fully cleaning up Romania’s state institutions will be a slow process. The figures announced by DNA chief prosecutor Laura Kovesi at the presentation of the directorate’s […]

Over a million migrants and refugees fleeing war, poverty and violence in the Middle East, Asia and Africa crossed into Europe by land, air and sea in 2015, setting off the largest refugee crisis in Europe since WWII. Even higher numbers have poured into neighbouring countries, such as Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey in the case of people […]

At its regular meeting on Wednesday, the Bulgarian government discussed the edited version of the anti-corruption bill. The draft law on prevention of corruption and confiscation of unlawfully acquired property will be presented on Wednesday to MPs from the two parties constituting the ruling coalition and the two parties supporting the coalition government. The draft law […]

From 22 to 26 February 2016, law enforcement agencies and judicial bodies from Belgium, Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Romania, Spain and Portugal – with further support from Moldova and other countries – joined forces in the first coordinated European action against money muling. The operation was also supported by Europol, Eurojust and […]