Belarus has come in for strong criticism at the 35th session of the Human Rights Council, leading to the adoption of a new resolution and the extension of Miklós Haraszti’s... read more →
Romania has seen the highest number of investigations into fraud cases involving European funds, according to the European Anti-Fraud Office's 2017 Report. Eleven cases were concluded with regard to Romania,... read more →
The Spanish National Court has sentenced the former treasurer of the ruling party in Spain, Luis Barcenas, to 33 years in prison for corruption in a legal case that has... read more →
The British parliament decided this week to impose more transparency on its overseas territories, including the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands, in a move that, although welcome, will... read more →
In January, the exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui sat in his 9000-square-foot apartment overlooking Central Park and told Lauren Hilgers, a journalist from the New York Times, that he intended... read more →
The strong man of Montenegro, the small state of 620,000 inhabitants which separated from Serbia in 2006 to become independent, reconquered, on April 15, the presidency of the Republic, which... read more →
The historic leader of Montenegro Milo Djukanovic looks set to win the presidential election in Montenegro in the first round, according to the first results published on Sunday evening. According... read more →
The news came as little surprise. After two years of retirement, Milo Djukanovic, the charismatic authoritarian leader - long suspected of corruption - is making his comeback in Montenegrin politics.... read more →
Kosovo’s celebrations last month for the tenth anniversary of its independence peaked with a free concert headlined by the popular British singer Rita Ora, who was born in Kosovo. In... read more →
In the latest of a series of hammer blows to the Latvian banking industry the European Central Bank (ECB) has declared that Latvia's ABLV Bank is on the verge of... read more →
