Corruption
Bulgaria to set up its own ‘blacklist’ after U.S. graft sanctions
Bulgaria will set up its own "blacklist" of companies and people associated with three Bulgarians and 64 entities that the United States…
Bulgarians welcome U.S. corruption sanctions, EU nods approval
Leading Bulgarian politicians welcomed U.S. sanctions on three Bulgarians and 64 companies linked to them over alleged corruption on Thursday, while the…
U.S. blacklists 3 Bulgarians, 64 companies over corruption
The United States imposed sanctions on three Bulgarians and 64 companies linked to them over alleged corruption, including an oligarch accused of…
UK crime agency considers investigating Lebanon corruption report, sources say
Britain's organised crime agency is reviewing a report by a group of London-based lawyers which accuses Lebanon's central bank governor Riad Salameh…
Daphne Foundation calls for fresh charges against Yorgen Fenech, Keith Schembri, Konrad Mizzi
The family of murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia have called for charges against against Yorgen Fenech, Keith Schembri, Konrad Mizzi, the extradition…
Austrian prosecutors search finance minister’s home in bribery probe
VIENNA, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Austrian prosecutors on Thursday searched the home of Finance Minister Gernot Bluemel, a close ally of Chancellor…
Netanyahu pleads not guilty to corruption charges as trial resumes
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pleaded not guilty on Monday to corruption charges at the resumption of his trial some…
Maltese Editors’ Perspectives
Times of Malta says that turning the tide at the next election is still a tall order but PN leader Bernard Grech’s…
Vatican signs new MOU to fight corruption
The Prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, Fr Juan Antonio Guerrero, and the Auditor General ad interim , Alessandro Cassinis…
Swiss attorney general offers to quit after Swiss court said he lied
Switzerland's Attorney General Michael Lauber offered on Friday to resign from his office, after a Swiss court concluded he lied to investigators…
Zimbabwe’s Health Minister sacked after corruption allegation
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sacked health minister Obadiah Moyo with immediate effect for inappropriate conduct, a statement from the presidency shared…
Panamanian ex-presidents banned from travel amid corruption probes
Two former presidents of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli and Juan Carlos Varela, have been banned from leaving the country while under investigation for…