Three years after they were fired, criminally charged and jailed for bringing down Macedonia’s corrupt prime minister, Gjorgji Lazarevski and Zvonko Kostovski are back at work today. “There will always be a place for professionals in the ministry,” Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski told Lazarevski and Kostovski this morning as he reinstated them to their positions […]

Around the world, Christmas lights are usually put up to cheer up people during the holidays, but in Belgrade, they are the source of endless controversy – writes the British daily, The Guardian. The daily goes on to say that, last year, the Belgrade authorities put up Christmas lights and decorations on September 28th, that […]

A Cooperation Agreement on Prevention and Combating Corruption was concluded in Chisinau between the Government of Moldova and Romania. The document was signed by the director of the National Anticorruption Center, Bogdan Zumbreanu, and the Secretary of State of the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Gheorghe Nucu Marin. The agreement provides for the strengthening of […]

The Albanian authorities should step up their efforts in pursuing launderers and confiscating their assets connected to significant proceeds-generating offences, and in tackling terrorist financing related risks, the Council of Europe said on Monday. Albanian authorities have a reasonably good understanding of the country’s money laundering risks in the formal economy and have national coordination […]

The Bulgarian Parliament adopted on first reading amendments to the Counter Corruption and Confiscation of Unlawfully Acquired Property Act. The amendments were approved by 116 to 6 votes and 25 abstentions. The draft stipulates that in the event of terminated criminal proceedings, there should be no legal obstacle to the confiscation of illegally acquired property. The […]

The Anti-Corruption Agency of Serbia, with support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Embassy of Italy in Serbia, recognizing the vital importance of international and regional co-operation among national anticorruption bodies in addressing corruption preventing mechanism, on December 13-14 organizes a Conference to facilitate the exchange of best practices and knowledge among anti-corruption practitioners, […]

The Bulgarian Agency for Social and Marketing Surveys (AFIS) recalls that since spring, there has been a sharp increase in the publicly visible fight against corruption in particularly large proportions. AFIS conducted the survey between November 30 and December 4, 2018. 1010 adults are interviewed directly in their homes. On the question, “Do you expect […]

The Romanian prime minister Viorica Dancila announced on December 10 that the Romania’s Government will issue an emergency ordinance for the enactment of the Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code . The ordinance will only include the articles declared constitutional by Romania’s Constitutional Court (CCR).     Another provision accepted by the Constitutional Court in the […]

The Agency for the Prevention of Corruption and Coordination of the Fight against Corruption of Bosnia and Herzegovina organized the conference in Sarajevo, on 7 December in regards to Marking the International Anti-Corruption Day – 9 December. The conference  gathered representatives of national institutions, diplomatic community, international organizations, colleagues from the region, civil society and […]

The Consultative Council of European Judges of the Council of Europe has just adopted its Opinion No. 21 entitled “Preventing corruption among judges”. Corruption among judges is one of the main threats to society and the functioning of a democratic state. It undermines judicial integrity, which is fundamental to the rule of law and a […]