The European Commission has presented a draft law to curb the rise of “gagging procedures” on journalists and human rights activists. The new legislation will help prevent governments or businesses…
Read more EU proposes new law to combat ‘gag orders’ against journalists and activistsCategory: Public corruption
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to five more years in prison for corruption
Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to five years in prison for corruption. Suu Kyi was found guilty of accepting gold bars and large sums of…
Read more Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to five more years in prison for corruptionNikola Gruevski: Former Prime Minister of North Macedonia convicted of money laundering
North Macedonia’s former prime minister Nikola Gruevski has been found guilty of money laundering party funds. The Criminal Court in Skopje ruled that Gruevski had unlawfully acquired over €1.3 million…
Read more Nikola Gruevski: Former Prime Minister of North Macedonia convicted of money launderingFormer Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico faces criminal charges
Slovakia’s former prime minister Robert Fico is facing charges for creating an organised criminal group, police have said. Fico and his former interior minister Robert Kalinak were charged on Wednesday…
Read more Former Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico faces criminal chargesFighter jets scrambled over alleged drone incursion at Serbia-Kosovo border
Unmarked drones appeared on the Kosovo-Serbia border “observing the barracks and the positions” of the Serbian army, Belgrade authorities claimed, prompting Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić to order the country’s fighter…
Read more Fighter jets scrambled over alleged drone incursion at Serbia-Kosovo borderPoland begins building new wall along border with Russia’s Kaliningrad
Poland’s government has authorised the construction of a new barrier along the 210-kilometre border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Wednesday the frontier needs to…
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Как закон «О защите детей от информации» приведет нас к коррупции?
Ну вот, Владимир Владимирович и подписал закон «О защите детей от информации, причиняющей вред их здоровью и развитию». Уж не знаю, как на детях он скажется, а вот взрослым точно…
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Russian officials tried to frame Ivan Golunov. Instead they made him a hero
As the investigative journalist’s editor, I know how incredible his release was. Now there’s a chance the truth will be exposed. As of last Saturday, Ivan Golunov is officially the…
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Justice in France against corruption
A Paris criminal court recently convicted Equatorial Guinea’s vice president in absentia of laundering more than US$120 million of his country’s assets in France, and seized his ill-gotten gains. The case, initiated by…
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“We don’t trust the authorities, nor the people who serve them”: how activists in Odesa are fighting luxury property developers
On a day in early March, volunteers are clearing the Odesa City Garden of rotten wooden beams, stones and bags of rubbish. This is the first Saturday clean-up day, and…
Read more “We don’t trust the authorities, nor the people who serve them”: how activists in Odesa are fighting luxury property developers