The former Kazakhstan’s president controls assets worth of $8 billion
The former president — laying low since the country plunged into protest and violence in early January — hid banks,…
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Google hit with $100 million fine in Russia for ‘systematic failure to remove banned content’
A Russian court fined Google nearly $100 million Friday for “systematic failure to remove banned content” — the largest such…
Bulgaria’s new government maintains enlargement veto
While Bulgaria’s November 14 elections managed to break the political logjam that had paralyzed the country for most of 2021,…
UN fails to help investigate Beirut blast
The UN has repeatedly ignored requests from bereaved families for information to help the official investigation into the Beirut port…
New anti-corruption party leading Bulgaria’s parliamentary vote
A newly founded anti-corruption party in Bulgaria is on course to win the country’s latest parliamentary election, according to four…
Is Hungary returning to Europe?
Endre Ady, widely regarded as the greatest Hungarian poet of the 20th century, was also a polemicist and sharp-eyed social…
Central Europe shows rule of law is Europe’s central problem
Three political earthquakes in three days in central Europe have underscored how upholding the rule of law has become a…
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigns amid corruption scandal
Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz said he was stepping down from his office Saturday evening, days after his office was raided…
Prestigious Panama law firm was listed in Pandora Papers among those implicated in money laundering
A prestigious Panamanian law firm was named in the so-called "Pandora Papers" as implicated in the creation of offshore shell…
Concerns rise as Bulgaria prepares to join the eurozone – Der Spiegel
Assen Vassilev, the Bulgarian finance minister, is an excellent starting point should one be interested in learning whether his country…