An EU Anti-Corruption Report, published at the start of Feb., found that the health sectors in Hungary, Poland and Slovakia were most likely to be plagued by bribery. ...

Russian anti-government campaigner, and founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, Alexei Navalny, published a report on alleged instances of corruption surrounding the construction works in and around the Olympic village of Sochi ...

The Romanian National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) voiced serious concern over the new criminal code adopted by Parliament, saying that the code is likely to hinder corruption investigations, the DNA wrote in a statement, on Jan. 1. ...

Serbian president, Tomislav Nikolic, announced that information on police operations concerned with drug trafficking is being leaked to criminals from the highest echelons of government ...

Former Czech Defense Minister, Martin B., rebuffed charges and pleaded not guilty of attempting to bribe the representative of a military vehicles supplier in 2008, the local media reported on Jan. 20. ...

The Czech Republic gained the highest place out of the whole CEE region in terms of economic freedom, according to a survey carried out by international research institute , The Heritage Foundation. ...

The Bulgarian ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) has hit the headlines once again as two of its deputies stand accused of financial crimes, the local media reported on Jan. 2. ...

The Serbian foreign minister, Vladimir Bozovic, reaffirmed the government’s commitment to the fight against corruption and organized crime, the local media reported on Dec. 10. ...

Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov launched an investigation into financial and tax fraud allegedly committed by the former parliament deputy speaker and deputy chief of the Turkish ethnic minority party, the PDS, Histro B., the local media reported on Nov. 7. ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in a meeting of the government Anti-Corruption Council urging members to come up with a plan to combat the common occurrence of bribe taking in the state sector, the local media reported on Oct.30. ...