The Bulgarian government plans to appoint MP, Emil Ivanov, who has a criminal record and is allegedly connected to organized crime as the next regional governor of Sofia, the local media reported, July 17. ...

Bulgaria’s former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced that he fears notorious Serbian gangster Streten Josic who reportedly stood behind a plot to murder Borisov in 2003, Bulgarian media reported, July 14. ...

The mayor of Russian city Yaroslavl, located some 250 km northeast of Moscow, Yevgeny U., and four close associates, were indicted for corruption, the international media reported, July 4. ...

The Polish Minister of Justice Marek Biernacki criticized the work of the General Prosecutor based on an annual report, which outlines the activities carried out by the General Prosecutor’s office in the previous year, the Polish media reported, July 10. ...

A Czech state attorney has demanded that the Czech Parliament lifts disgraced former Prime Minister Petr Necas’ political immunity so that he could be prosecuted on alleged corruption and bribery charges, the local media reported, July 8. ...

The Romanian Transport Minister, Relu F., may be sent to prison for 15 years if he is charged for corruption after selling old electrical equipment to a foreign firm and passing it off as new, Romanian media reported July 5. ...

The European Commission (EC) launched an investigation into a law, which provided state chemicals company Novacke chemicke zavody (NCHZ) with potentially illegal state support, after it was declared bankrupt, the Slovakian media reported, July 3. ...

Bulgaria’s former President Zhelyu Zhelev called on nationalist party Ataka leader, Volen Siderov, to step down as chairman of the Parliamentary Anti-corruption Commission, according to local media reports, June 28. ...

President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will not extradite U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden, currently believed to be at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, the international media reported, June 25. ...