Europe News The Brief: Czech Republic exposed in anti-corruption report "No wonder the people are not happy." On Sunday, the Czech Republic had anti-government protests of 250,000 people. Then, a report was released about corruption in EU countries. The Czech Republic did not perform well. 26/06/2019
Ukraine BBC pays damages to Ukrainian president over 'incorrect report' The British broadcaster released an apology to the Ukrainian president, saying it had agreed to pay him damages over an "incorrect report." 28/03/2019
Greece Which country is perceived to be the EU's most corrupt? Greece was the European Union member state that saw the biggest decrease in annual rankings measuring perceptions of corruption across the world. 29/01/2019
Hungary Hungary: the criticisms, the responses and some facts An insight into nine of the battlefields on which Victor Orban and the European Union are facing off. 24/05/2018
France Report reveals ‘strong suspicion’ of corruption between Council of Europe, Azerbaijan An investigation into alleged corruption in the Council of Europe has revealed there is “strong suspicion” that current and former members have “engaged in activity of a corruptive nature” amid efforts by Azerbaijan to whitewash its human rights record. 23/04/2018
Romania Europe’s corruption watchdog ‘deeply concerned’ over Romania reforms Europe’s corruption watchdog is urging Romania to abandon moves that critics say will bring its judges under political control. 11/04/2018
world news Hungary's ranking slides in latest Corruption Perceptions Index Hungary slipped 10 points in the last six years, which the Director of Transparency International EU said should serve as a warning to other members of the bloc. 21/02/2018
world news International Anti-Corruption Day: 'development, peace and security' The focus of the 2017 International Anti-Corruption Day is 'United against corruption for development, peace and security'. 08/12/2017
world news Why won’t Brussels release report on EU-wide corruption? Campaigners want to know why Brussels bureaucrats are refusing to release a report on fighting corruption. EU chiefs had promised to report every 28/06/2017
View Five things Europe could learn from the protests in Romania #PeoplePower made in Bucharest has somehow served as a role model. At least in Germany. The question is whether this is a sort of snowball effect throughout Europe and around. 01/03/2017
View Corruption can destabilize democracy, even in EU countries: view Council of Europe is ready to provide its expertise on fight against corruption to Romania 15/02/2017
View How Romanian 'people power' defies corrupt 'business as usual' -view The people were out on the streets because they felt it was a crucial moment for the country, lying at the crossroads: either corruption and oligarchs will take over the country or transparency, good governance, anticorruption and rule of law will prevail. 08/02/2017
View Is Rwanda really better than Romania? Denmark remains the least corrupt country in the world (tied with New Zealand) and Somalia (176) the most, and yet Romania (57), which has indicted eighteen ministers, plus two former prime ministers and a former president in the last five years alone, is still behind Namibia (53) and Malaysia (55) 07/02/2017
View How Romania is developing its own culture of protest: view By Henry Rammelt, PhD, Triangle (UMR 5206), France That corruption pervades everyday life in Romania is a bit of a cliché, on both a domestic and 06/02/2017
View Romania’s anticorruption implosion: View The question remains if Romania’s tough repressive strategy against corruption is sustainable against its own Parliament. MPs sometimes allow the prosecution of their colleagues, but they often withhold their permission. 05/02/2017
View All Eyes on Romania: Democracy’s Improbable Beacon of Hope? -View Whether Romania can shine as a beacon of hope for democracy in Europe and beyond depends on how the current crisis will be resolved. The clock is ticking: the emergency ordinance’s provisions come into full effect on February 11 at midnight. 04/02/2017
View Global populism, Romanian resistence: View The Romanian protests anticipate thus a type of political engagement that we will likely to see future years in other places, an engagement that does not call for material gains or compensation, but for the recognition of the dignity of citizens and the rollback of measures that infringe on it 04/02/2017
View Why Romanians are on the streets: anger and discontent By Diana Margarit, PhD, lecturer in political science at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania On Tuesday evening, 31 January 2017, the Romanian 03/02/2017
