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Turkey slams US justice system over gold trader bribe claim

Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag called the trial a "theatre"

Romania

Why did thousands of people protest in Romania?

What prompted tens of thousands of Romanians to hit the streets of the capital Bucharest and other major cities on Sunday?

World News

Thousands join anti-government protests in Romania

Protesters want to stop the ruling Social Democrat government from making changes to Romania's justice system

Romania

Full interview with Romania’s anti-corruption chief Laura Kovesi

Euronews spoke to Romania's anti-corruption chief Laura Kovesi about her efforts to stamp out graft in the country

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Romania

'Attacks trying to derail' Romania’s anti-corruption drive

Laura Kovesi, the woman charged with cleaning up one of the EU’s most corrupt states, has hit out at those she says are trying to derail her efforts.

Romania

Corruption protests find few echos in Romanian village life

In a poor southern village euronews finds little support for demonstrators and much tolerance of the government.

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Anti-Mugabe protests as pressure piles on veteran leader

All the main pillars of Robert Mugabe's decades-long rule now either oppose him or have deserted him

Sport

FIFA OFFICIALS FOUND GUILTY OF CORRUPTION

A court in New York has found two South-American football officials have been found guilty of corruption

Saudi Arabia

No-one is immune from crackdown, says Saudi foreign minister

Saudi Arabia has taken the world by surprise by carrying out a crack down on corruption which saw the arrest of several top-ranking officials.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi clampdown 'widens'

Saudi clampdown reportedly widens. More reports emerge of detentions for alleged corruption.

Saudi Arabia

Princes are detained in Saudi anti-corruption purge

In all, dozens of people have been targeted in an unprecedented crackdown

Pakistan

Former Pakistan PM attends anti-corruption trial

Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif attended an anti-corruption trial on Friday ordered by the country's Supreme Court when it removed him from office earlier this year.

USA

Guatemala ex-judge is first to be sentenced in the Fifa bribery scandal

An ex-judge from Guatemalan has been sentenced to eight months in the first sentence of the Fifa bribery case

Brazil

Brazil President avoids trial

Brazilian President Michel temer survives a corrutption vote in Congress

Sport

PSG boss questioned over bribery claims by Swiss prosecutors

Paris Saint Germain chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi was interrogated for hours by Swiss prosectors investigating the sale of World Cup media rights

Spain

'Luis the bastard' and the corruption case dogging Spain's ruling party

Prosecutor confirms mysterious 'Luis the bastard' is long-time Partido Popular treasurer Luis Bárcenas

Malta

EU Commission 'horrified' by killing of Maltese journalist

EU Commission says it's 'horrified' by the killing of a Maltese journalist, and trusts justice will be brought for her.

Malta

Malta anti-graft blogger killed in car bomb

Mediterranean island of Malta is stunned after its best known anti-graft journalist dies in a car bomb attack

France

Russian motorist held for attempted bribery

Hapless driver's attempt to bribe his way out of a ticket backfires

Brazil

Brazil's Olympic chief Carlos Nuzman arrested in Rio in corruption scandal

Brazilian police have arrested the head of the national Olympics committee, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, in a new phase of the so-called 'Unfair Play' investigation. He is accused of conspiring with politicians to buy the right to host the 2016 games.