by CBBSS | Jun 15, 2021 | Regional News
Balkan Insight reports the Croatian parliamentary commission for conflicts of interest ruled that Tomislav Karamarko, Croatia’s vice-PM and head of the ruling party, had a conflict of interest in his relations with a lobbyist for a Hungarian energy company. A...
by CBBSS | Jun 13, 2021 | Regional News
Ex-Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski had to appear in court on Friday after President Gjorge Ivanov revoked his pardon, bne IntelliNews reports. Prosecutors are probing Gruevski for allegedly ordering the illegal demolition of a Skopje residential building. Polls indicate...
by CBBSS | Jun 8, 2021 | International News and Analysis
Protesters in Macedonia scored a victory this week by successfully pressuring President Gjorge Ivanov to revoke the pardons he issued to 56 government and party officials implicated in a corruption scandal. But, the protesters have yet to succeed in getting Ivanov to...
by CBBSS | Jun 2, 2021 | Regional News
The Ukrainian parliament has passed western-backed judicial reforms, RFE/RL reports. The reforms aim to curb influence on the appointment of judges and to limit the immunity of judges in cases of malpractice. Read original...
by CBBSS | May 22, 2021 | International News and Analysis
Romania has an unprecedented number of politicians running for office who have been indicted or even convicted of corruption charges, but that is not necessarily an obstacle to getting elected, a bne IntelliNews pice explains. Even former PM Victor Ponta, who is...
