Moldova heads to the polls on Sunday, 28 September, for a parliamentary election that the ruling, pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) says will set the country’s trajectory for…
Vladimir Plahotniuc, the Moldovan businessman and former political figure long associated with the country’s most significant corruption cases, has been extradited from Greece to Moldova and placed in custody in…
The announcement that the Trump administration has abruptly ordered a halt to a nearly complete offshore wind project near Rhode Island has sent shockwaves through the energy world. At precisely…
The Athens Court of Appeal will examine Moldova’s formal extradition request for fugitive oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc on 13 August 2025, following his arrest in Greece at the end of July.…
Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities have uncovered a large-scale fraud operation involving inflated state contracts for military drones and electronic warfare (EW) systems, implicating a sitting Member of Parliament, senior regional officials,…
Recently, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to the Austrian government with a request to facilitate the extradition of Ukrainian oligarchs and corrupt individuals hiding from justice in the comfortable…
A story that undermines confidence in the Ukrainian banking system: Who is behind the collapse of Megabank? The bank is still under investigation for the possible embezzlement of about 30…
Five Members of the European Parliament have been named in connection with an ongoing Belgian investigation into alleged lobbying activities by Chinese technology firm Huawei. The announcement was made on…
For an institution that prides itself on upholding the rule of law, good governance, and transparency, the European Commission has had its fair share of spectacular falls from grace. From…
New questions have emerged in the story regarding the purchase of the Russian bank Raiffeisen by Orban’s son-in-law: The real buyers could in fact be Russians that are close to…
The 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), published by Transparency International, offers a comprehensive evaluation of perceived public sector corruption across 180 countries and territories. The findings are particularly concerning for…