Transparency

BELGRADE - Governing through a sense of duty and not of power brings real change, and that is precisely what has released a lot of energy in Albania and put collaboration, transparency and modernization in the forefront, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said in an exclusive opinion piece for Tanjug ahead of the Third Meeting of Heads of Government of China and Central and Eastern European count

The Turkish government is bidding to minimize the informal economy by increasing inspections in a number of fields - from people's income to municipalities' construction licenses - with a new transparency reform package, which is expected to be introduced to Parliament within a month.

The Turkish government is bidding to minimize the informal economy by increasing inspections in a number of fields - from people's income to municipalities' construction licenses - with a new transparency reform package, which is expected to be introduced to Parliament within a month.

The government is set to complete a detailed reform package to increase economic transparency in Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan has told a group of economy reporters ahead of his visit to the United States.

According to the index published by the Berlin-based watchdog on Wednesday, Albania and Kosovo are ranked joint 110th out of 174 countries around the world that were assessed in the report.

Greece scored 43 out of 100 points on the perception of corruption scale published by Berlin-based NGO Transparency International on Wednesday, but showing that it has made some progress from last year when it scored 40 points.

BELGRADE - At 41, Serbia's score in the Transparency International's (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2014 saw a slight fall, and ranked 78th among 175 countries, Serbia is still a highly corrupt country, Transparency Serbia (TS), TI's national chapter in the country, told a press conference in Belgrade Wednesday.

TS: Serbia among highly corrupt countries

BELGRADE -- At 41, Serbia's score in the Transparency International's (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2014 "saw a slight fall," Tanjug reported.

In 2014 Bulgaria ranks lowest in the group of EU and western European countries in the annual corruption perceptions index published on Wednesday by Transparency International.

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Corruption is feared to be worsening in Turkey, China and other fast-growing economies, an anti-graft watchdog warned on Dec. 3, also urging the world's banking centers to help combat sleaze and money-laundering.