Corporate law

A high-profile scandal rocks Ukraine's political landscape as Mykola Solskyi, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food and former Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, faces allegations of involvement in an organized criminal group orchestrating the illicit seizure of state lands.

Corruption in Bulgaria has soared to its third highest peak in history, according to a recent report by the Center for the Study of Democracy. The findings indicate a significant failure in anti-corruption efforts by governmental institutions.

Richard Tornetta, who drummed for the thrash band Dawn of Correction circa 2005 to 2009, filed the lawsuit against Musk as part of a shareholder derivative lawsuit

The fight to root out endemic corruption remains a major issue as Ukraine presses its bid to secure membership in the European Union

Cases of serious crime have now become a daily reality. This bloody routine coincides with incidents of corruption within the police force.

These services have shown in the past that they can deliver results. Now they seem to be having trouble fulfilling their mission.

They need to be evaluated and regrouped, because they form part of the core of the state.

Cyprus' Independent Anti-Corruption Authority has initiated an investigation based on claims made in the book "Mafia State" by journalist Makarios Drousiotis, which exposes allegations of corruption against former president Nicos Anastasiades.

The declarations of 1,034 politicians, in which they provide details about the origin of their wealth and assets, were made available on the Parliament's website on Monday.

Parliament's website will be publishing the declarations of 1,034 politicians in which they detail the provenance of their wealth and assets on Monday instead of Sunday, as originally planned. 

The date of the declarations' publication was moved following reactions from newspapers, many of which do not publish on Mondays. 

The government is ready to post the draft bill on "transparency in employment terms" and open it for public consultation, but will strip it of provisions touching upon the digital employment card, the employment of retirees and the retirement of those who owe money to the social security agency EFKA.

The five police officers from the capital's Second District Office who were detained yesterday have been released. They were investigated for concealing a crime, but evidence of bribery was collected.

For this reason, proceedings from the Sofia District Prosecutor's Office are sent to the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office, which is competent to investigate corruption crimes.