Report on corruption

Austria

Austria has failed in fight against corruption, says Council of Europe

The Council of Europe has deplored Austria's "overall insufficient" progress in the fight against corruption in judicial and political circles.

01/03/2021

Europe News

Do more to prevent corruption among European MPs, says new report

The Council of Europe's anti-corruption body GRECO says that countries need to do more to protect against graft among politicians.

03/06/2020

Romania

Romania has made 'very little progress' to prevent corruption - report

Romania has made little progress to prevent corruption in its government, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body said in two critical reports released on Tuesday.

09/07/2019

My Europe Series

Under pressure: migration, corruption and Brexit weigh on EU countries

This week in State of the Union: another NGO boat in a Mediterranean standoff with Italy saw the EU Commission calling for migrants to be disembarked. A corruption report saw Hungary in the spotlight for refusing its publication, and we looked at how Brexit is affecting expats in Brussels.

28/06/2019

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 Viktor Orbán 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?

28/06/2017

Romania

Euroviews. 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

Austria

Euroviews. 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

Romania

Euroviews. 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