Tag: corruption

Russia has launched a probe into corruption at its showcase Vostochny spaceport (pictured) on the country’s Pacific coast, amid allegations…

The Russian Vostochny space centre (pictured), which has been pioneered by President Vladimir Putin, has lost around 11 billion rubles…

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis and former prime minister Viorica Dancila are due to compete in a second round of the…

Cyprus says it has started a process to remove citizenship from 26 non-native citizens which they bought under a secretive…

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is to face trials for alleged illegal use of funds in his 2012 presidential election…

Germany football legend Franz Beckenbauer has been accused of fraud by the Swiss Attorney General’s office in relation to the…

Tens of thousands of Czechs have protested in Prague to demand the departure of Prime Minister Andrej Babis, who is…

Spain’s former king is retiring from public life today (Sunday) at a bullfight south of Madrid five years after his…

Italy’s coalition government appears to be in jeopardy after the two populist “allies” accused each other of corruption, fuelling speculation…

Ukrainian prosecutors say they have charged a senior regional government employee with organising a deadly acid attack on a vocal…

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Bucharest after more than 450 people were hurt and about 30 arrested…

The family of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia are demanding a public inquiry nine months after her murder.  The…

When it comes to the EU’s Balkan accession plans, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker is staunchly insistent that the six…

Bulgarian MPs have voted to push ahead with a controversial anti-corruption bill, although the president refused to sign it into…

Thousands of Bulgarians have protested in Sofia against the extension of a ski resort in Pirin National Park (pictured), a…