The issues faced by foreign investors in Ukraine are on full display in the case of Canadian CEO Michael Yurkovich, whose solar energy company cannot profit because of corruption
Peter Pellegrini under the spotlight
There seems to be a correlation with funding Transparency International and performing well on their corruption index, writes Daniel Deme for Remix News
Former Deputy Speaker of Sejm and anti-communist movement legend Stefan Niesiołowski is accused of corruption. The MP is said to have negotiated multi-million contracts for businessmen in exchange for sexual services.
Former Ministry of National Defense (MON) spokesman Bartłomiej M. and five others have been detained by the Polish Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA). They have been accused of using their influence as former members of the government to their own, private benefit.
Polish Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro criticized the previous Civic Platform government’s methods of fighting corruption. “Today, our state is no longer theoretical. It works practically, efficiently and quickly,” says the minister commenting on the KNF corruption scandal.
