Georgia’s foreign agent law in fact looks very American
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Corruption
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Irish populists ‘excluded’ from European election TV debates
Irish populists have been "excluded" from televised debates before the upcoming European Parliament elections, candidates running in the country have claimed.
Germany’s FDP drops local candidate after pornographic videos go viral
The German Free Democratic Party (FDP) has expelled a local candidate after videos of him performing sex acts surfaced online.
Slovak PM Fico ‘between life and death’ as media target government
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is said to be "between life and death" after being shot.
German AfD party senior Petr Bystron’s premises searched in alleged bribery investigation
The premises of one of the German Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's top candidates in the June European Parliament elections, Petr Bystron, have been searched…
Slovak PM Fico in ‘serious’ condition after shooting as allies blame media
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico remains in serious condition following an assassination attempt, with allies of the leader blaming the media and political opposition…
EU ethics framework is ‘weak’ says Ombudsman
Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly has warned that the European Union suffers from a "weak" ethics framework.
Tusk Government to put chief of Poland’s broadcast media regulator on trial
The Polish Government has prepared an indictment against Maciej Świrski, the chairman of the National Broadcasting Council (KRRiTV).
Eurosceptic VMRO wins big in North Macedonia’s elections
North Macedonia's right-wing, Eurosceptic VMRO party has won both parliamentary and presidential elections, as voters vented anger over corruption and slow movement…
European Parliament must release information on convicted MEP, EU Court rules
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the European Parliament cannot refuse information requests when citizens seek access to documents related to a convicted…
Brussels rule of law means kick Fico, pet Tusk
Here comes a comparison between how the EU treats a nationalist member state such as Slovakia and an EU-keen member state such as Poland.
Poland says it finds bugging devices in room where government was due to meet
Polish special services have found and dismantled bugging devices in a room where the council of ministers was due to meet on Tuesday, the special services coordinator's…
Anti-corruption NGO calls for EP ban on MEPs’ side hustles
Anti-corruption NGO Transparency International EU has urged the European Parliament to ban side hustles by MEPs.
Buxadé: EU won’t save Spain from Socialist PM’s ‘tyranny’
The European Union will not be coming to save Spain from the "tyranny" of Socialist Party (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, a senior MEP has warned.
PM Sánchez aiming for ‘regime change’ in Spain
The leader of the Spanish opposition has accused Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of “working behind the scenes to foment a regime change” in Spain.
Spies? I’ve known a few
Spies? I’ve known a few.
New EU Ethics Body unlikely to combat bribery, critics argue
Amid allegations of bribery involving MEPs, the European Parliament has voted to join the inter-institutional European Union Ethics Body.
Ukrainian agriculture minister arrested on corruption charges
Mykola Solskyi, the agriculture minister in the Ukrainian Government, has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in an alleged illegal land-acquisition transaction…
EC hits Ireland with financial infringement action after failed bid to house anti-money-laundering agency
The European Commission rapped Ireland's knuckles with an anti-money-laundering infringement action just two months after Dublin had sought to house the European…
Top German officials accused of manipulating nuclear phase-out advice
The decision to close down the last working nuclear power plants in Germany was made on manipulated information, Berlin-based Cicero magazine has claimed
‘Is all this worth it?’ Spanish PM Sánchez ponders his future
In a four-page letter released on the evening of April 24 and addressed to the Spanish citizens, Sánchez asked “is all this worth it?
AfD leadership clips wings of list leader Krah over Chinese spy allegations
German media reported increased internal party pressure on Krah as a result of scandals seemingly haunting him
EP’s crackdown on dirty money in football ‘doomed to fail’
The European Parliament is set to vote to add the football industry to its money-laundering directive, an attempt to stop corrupt oligarchs and criminals from laundering…
The WEF’s role in the rise of Vladimir Putin
The long-forgotten Davos Pact, and the people behind it, were to a large extent responsible for putting Putin in power, argues our columnist
Spanish PM Sánchez is a pupil of ‘narco-chavist dictatorships’, rival claims
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is a student of "narco-chavist dictatorships", the leader of Spain's VOX party, Santiago Abascal, has claimed.
Greek ruling party to run jailed politician in EP elections
Greece's ruling conservatives have announced that they will run a jailed Albanian politician as one of its candidates for the upcoming European Parliament elections.
Police raid AfD headquarters in Lower Saxony
The public prosecutor's office in Hanover is investigating Ansgar Georg Schledde, State Parliament member and Deputy State Chairman with the German hard-right Alternative…
EU auditors say lobbyists can easily slip under bloc’s radar
Lobbyists can easily bypass EU transparency rules to influence policy, the 27-nation bloc's auditors said on Wednesday.
As scandals swirl, Croatia President Milanović gains ground ahead of elections
Croatia's upcoming elections pit a resurgent, Eurosceptic opposition against a governing party increasingly mired in corruption scandals.
Tusk and von der Leyen accused of ‘collusion’ over EU funds for Poland
Poland’s opposition Conservatives (PiS) claimed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and then-opposition leader Donald Tusk colluded in delaying…