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In this issueCorruption in the private sector and its combating is an increasingly debated topic worldwide, a topic that was tackled in one of the prior issues of the monthly newsletter. Faced with a corruption scandal in the United States following a revelation that bribes worth millions of dollars were paid to governments all over the world in order to get public procurement agreements, renowned car company Daimler will now open a special executive post focusing on the company’s observance of laws and business ethic in its operations.In Croatia, the country’s customs head and, until recently, the ruling party’s treasurer has been detained under the suspicion that he made state institutions hire a PR company without conducting a public procurement procedure.In neighboring Serbia, an Internet news agency has published a so-called corruption pricelist, i.e. a list of public services and bribes paid for their obtaining. Data have been taken from citizens’ input at the recently opened e-portal for reporting of corruption cases “Pištaljka“ (Whistle). According to this pricelist, completing studies without taking exams costs EUR 16,000 of bribes, to legalise a house – EUR 20,000, to employ a doctor – up to EUR 8,000. The list shows that doctors are most corrupt, with economists claiming the economic crisis increases corruption.On 28 September the world marked the day for free access to public information, or the so-called “International Right to Know Day“. This is an occasion for analysis of how much Macedonia abides by international standards for free access to public information. The analysis also offers...

In this issueCorruption in the private sector and its combating is an increasingly debated topic worldwide, a topic that was tackled in one of the prior issues of the monthly newsletter. Faced with a corruption scandal in the United States following a revelation that bribes worth millions of dollars were paid to governments all over the world in order to get public procurement agreements, renowned car company Daimler will now open a special executive post focusing on the company’s observance of laws and business ethic in its operations.In Croatia, the country’s customs head and, until recently, the ruling party’s treasurer has been detained under the suspicion that he made state institutions hire a PR company without conducting a public procurement procedure.In neighboring Serbia, an Internet news agency has published a so-called corruption pricelist, i.e. a list of public services and bribes paid for their obtaining. Data have been taken from citizens’ input at the recently opened e-portal for reporting of corruption cases “Pištaljka“ (Whistle). According to this pricelist, completing studies without taking exams costs EUR 16,000 of bribes, to legalise a house – EUR 20,000, to employ a doctor – up to EUR 8,000. The list shows that doctors are most corrupt, with economists claiming the economic crisis increases corruption.On 28 September the world marked the day for free access to public information, or the so-called “International Right to Know Day“. This is an occasion for analysis of how much Macedonia abides by international standards for free access to public information. The analysis also offers...

In this issueCorruption in the private sector and its combating is an increasingly debated topic worldwide, a topic that was tackled in one of the prior issues of the monthly newsletter. Faced with a corruption scandal in the United States following a revelation that bribes worth millions of dollars were paid to governments all over the world in order to get public procurement agreements, renowned car company Daimler will now open a special executive post focusing on the company’s observance of laws and business ethic in its operations.In Croatia, the country’s customs head and, until recently, the ruling party’s treasurer has been detained under the suspicion that he made state institutions hire a PR company without conducting a public procurement procedure.In neighboring Serbia, an Internet news agency has published a so-called corruption pricelist, i.e. a list of public services and bribes paid for their obtaining. Data have been taken from citizens’ input at the recently opened e-portal for reporting of corruption cases “Pištaljka“ (Whistle). According to this pricelist, completing studies without taking exams costs EUR 16,000 of bribes, to legalise a house – EUR 20,000, to employ a doctor – up to EUR 8,000. The list shows that doctors are most corrupt, with economists claiming the economic crisis increases corruption.On 28 September the world marked the day for free access to public information, or the so-called “International Right to Know Day“. This is an occasion for analysis of how much Macedonia abides by international standards for free access to public information. The analysis also offers...

In this issueCorruption in the private sector and its combating is an increasingly debated topic worldwide, a topic that was tackled in one of the prior issues of the monthly newsletter. Faced with a corruption scandal in the United States following a revelation that bribes worth millions of dollars were paid to governments all over the world in order to get public procurement agreements, renowned car company Daimler will now open a special executive post focusing on the company’s observance of laws and business ethic in its operations.In Croatia, the country’s customs head and, until recently, the ruling party’s treasurer has been detained under the suspicion that he made state institutions hire a PR company without conducting a public procurement procedure.In neighboring Serbia, an Internet news agency has published a so-called corruption pricelist, i.e. a list of public services and bribes paid for their obtaining. Data have been taken from citizens’ input at the recently opened e-portal for reporting of corruption cases “Pištaljka“ (Whistle). According to this pricelist, completing studies without taking exams costs EUR 16,000 of bribes, to legalise a house – EUR 20,000, to employ a doctor – up to EUR 8,000. The list shows that doctors are most corrupt, with economists claiming the economic crisis increases corruption.On 28 September the world marked the day for free access to public information, or the so-called “International Right to Know Day“. This is an occasion for analysis of how much Macedonia abides by international standards for free access to public information. The analysis also offers...

In this issueCorruption in the private sector and its combating is an increasingly debated topic worldwide, a topic that was tackled in one of the prior issues of the monthly newsletter. Faced with a corruption scandal in the United States following a revelation that bribes worth millions of dollars were paid to governments all over the world in order to get public procurement agreements, renowned car company Daimler will now open a special executive post focusing on the company’s observance of laws and business ethic in its operations.In Croatia, the country’s customs head and, until recently, the ruling party’s treasurer has been detained under the suspicion that he made state institutions hire a PR company without conducting a public procurement procedure.In neighboring Serbia, an Internet news agency has published a so-called corruption pricelist, i.e. a list of public services and bribes paid for their obtaining. Data have been taken from citizens’ input at the recently opened e-portal for reporting of corruption cases “Pištaljka“ (Whistle). According to this pricelist, completing studies without taking exams costs EUR 16,000 of bribes, to legalise a house – EUR 20,000, to employ a doctor – up to EUR 8,000. The list shows that doctors are most corrupt, with economists claiming the economic crisis increases corruption.On 28 September the world marked the day for free access to public information, or the so-called “International Right to Know Day“. This is an occasion for analysis of how much Macedonia abides by international standards for free access to public information. The analysis also offers...

In this issueCorruption in the private sector and its combating is an increasingly debated topic worldwide, a topic that was tackled in one of the prior issues of the monthly newsletter. Faced with a corruption scandal in the United States following a revelation that bribes worth millions of dollars were paid to governments all over the world in order to get public procurement agreements, renowned car company Daimler will now open a special executive post focusing on the company’s observance of laws and business ethic in its operations.In Croatia, the country’s customs head and, until recently, the ruling party’s treasurer has been detained under the suspicion that he made state institutions hire a PR company without conducting a public procurement procedure.In neighboring Serbia, an Internet news agency has published a so-called corruption pricelist, i.e. a list of public services and bribes paid for their obtaining. Data have been taken from citizens’ input at the recently opened e-portal for reporting of corruption cases “Pištaljka“ (Whistle). According to this pricelist, completing studies without taking exams costs EUR 16,000 of bribes, to legalise a house – EUR 20,000, to employ a doctor – up to EUR 8,000. The list shows that doctors are most corrupt, with economists claiming the economic crisis increases corruption.On 28 September the world marked the day for free access to public information, or the so-called “International Right to Know Day“. This is an occasion for analysis of how much Macedonia abides by international standards for free access to public information. The analysis also offers...

In this issueCorruption in the private sector and its combating is an increasingly debated topic worldwide, a topic that was tackled in one of the prior issues of the monthly newsletter. Faced with a corruption scandal in the United States following a revelation that bribes worth millions of dollars were paid to governments all over the world in order to get public procurement agreements, renowned car company Daimler will now open a special executive post focusing on the company’s observance of laws and business ethic in its operations.In Croatia, the country’s customs head and, until recently, the ruling party’s treasurer has been detained under the suspicion that he made state institutions hire a PR company without conducting a public procurement procedure.In neighboring Serbia, an Internet news agency has published a so-called corruption pricelist, i.e. a list of public services and bribes paid for their obtaining. Data have been taken from citizens’ input at the recently opened e-portal for reporting of corruption cases “Pištaljka“ (Whistle). According to this pricelist, completing studies without taking exams costs EUR 16,000 of bribes, to legalise a house – EUR 20,000, to employ a doctor – up to EUR 8,000. The list shows that doctors are most corrupt, with economists claiming the economic crisis increases corruption.On 28 September the world marked the day for free access to public information, or the so-called “International Right to Know Day“. This is an occasion for analysis of how much Macedonia abides by international standards for free access to public information. The analysis also offers...

In this issueAlmost hundred defendants, including former mayors, former city officials, entrepreneurs, lawyers and art dealers face possible jail terms amounting to a total of up to 500 years and fines totaling about one billion euros in Spain's biggest ever corruption trial. They are accused of corruption in approving the planning permits and selling state owned land in Marbella, a jet-set tourist resort in the south of Spain. The Spanish Prosecutor’s Office needed three years to gather enough evidence and start this big-time corruption trial, which is expected to last about a year.Over the Atlantic, Mexico's federal police agency has fired nearly 10 percent of its force this year for failing checks designed to detect possible corruption, a major obstacle in the country's battle against increasingly brutal drug gangs. Mexico's federal police are required to undergo periodic lie detector, psychological and drug examinations, and the government routinely investigates their finances and personal life. The sacking came as a result of President Felipe Calderon’s all-out war against the drug cartels, which has left some 28,000 people dead since he came to power in December 2006.In Bosnia and Herzegovina – EU High Representative openly said the corruption has entered all pores of the society and called on the citizens to take this fact into account at the next voting.In addition, we also provide journalistic analysis of the failure of Macedonian authorities to fully utilize the domestic and international funds and donations for reconstruction of schools, pinpointed in the latest auditing report of the Ministry of Education and...

In this issueAlmost hundred defendants, including former mayors, former city officials, entrepreneurs, lawyers and art dealers face possible jail terms amounting to a total of up to 500 years and fines totaling about one billion euros in Spain's biggest ever corruption trial. They are accused of corruption in approving the planning permits and selling state owned land in Marbella, a jet-set tourist resort in the south of Spain. The Spanish Prosecutor’s Office needed three years to gather enough evidence and start this big-time corruption trial, which is expected to last about a year.Over the Atlantic, Mexico's federal police agency has fired nearly 10 percent of its force this year for failing checks designed to detect possible corruption, a major obstacle in the country's battle against increasingly brutal drug gangs. Mexico's federal police are required to undergo periodic lie detector, psychological and drug examinations, and the government routinely investigates their finances and personal life. The sacking came as a result of President Felipe Calderon’s all-out war against the drug cartels, which has left some 28,000 people dead since he came to power in December 2006.In Bosnia and Herzegovina – EU High Representative openly said the corruption has entered all pores of the society and called on the citizens to take this fact into account at the next voting.In addition, we also provide journalistic analysis of the failure of Macedonian authorities to fully utilize the domestic and international funds and donations for reconstruction of schools, pinpointed in the latest auditing report of the Ministry of Education and...

In this issueAlmost hundred defendants, including former mayors, former city officials, entrepreneurs, lawyers and art dealers face possible jail terms amounting to a total of up to 500 years and fines totaling about one billion euros in Spain's biggest ever corruption trial. They are accused of corruption in approving the planning permits and selling state owned land in Marbella, a jet-set tourist resort in the south of Spain. The Spanish Prosecutor’s Office needed three years to gather enough evidence and start this big-time corruption trial, which is expected to last about a year.Over the Atlantic, Mexico's federal police agency has fired nearly 10 percent of its force this year for failing checks designed to detect possible corruption, a major obstacle in the country's battle against increasingly brutal drug gangs. Mexico's federal police are required to undergo periodic lie detector, psychological and drug examinations, and the government routinely investigates their finances and personal life. The sacking came as a result of President Felipe Calderon’s all-out war against the drug cartels, which has left some 28,000 people dead since he came to power in December 2006.In Bosnia and Herzegovina – EU High Representative openly said the corruption has entered all pores of the society and called on the citizens to take this fact into account at the next voting.In addition, we also provide journalistic analysis of the failure of Macedonian authorities to fully utilize the domestic and international funds and donations for reconstruction of schools, pinpointed in the latest auditing report of the Ministry of Education and...