Corruption in Albania is a problem. [1] According to Global Corruption Barometer 2013, 66% of respondents reported that level of corruption has increased in Albania. [2]
Transparency International’s 2016 Corruption Perception Index ranks the country 83th place out of 176 countries with score 39. (36 in 2015, 33 in 2014 and 21 in 2013). [3] Read More…
The Agusta scandal or Agusta affair ( French : Affair Agusta , Dutch : Agustaschandaal ), alternatively known as the Agusta-Dassault Case , was a corruption scandal in Belgium during the 1990s. It has been made by the aviation firms Agusta and Dassault had bribed various Belgian office-holders in 1988 in order to secure a large order of Agusta A109 helicopters from the Belgian Army and the deals for refitting Belgian F-16 Fighting Falconthrows respectively. Several politicians from the Walloon and Flemish Socialist parties, including the incumbent Secretary General of NATO Willy Claes , have been resigned as a result of the scandal and its subsequent investigation. Read More…
As with all public budgets, the budget is also at risk of maladministration . Every year, the Court of Auditors reports on the management of the budget. The introduction of transparencyand a double-entry book-keeping system is likely to improve budget management. [1]
The Commission established the European Anti-Fraud Office (ECO) by EC, ECSC Decision 1999/352. [2] The Office was given responsibility for conducting administrative anti-fraud investigations. Read More…
Canada-Europe relations are the diplomatic, economic, and cultural relations between Canada and the peoples and states of the European continent .
Prior the Second World War, this is primarily a problem of bilateral relations with particular countries. However, since 1945 Europe has become increasingly institutionalized, and the Government of Canada directly deals with the major European multilateral organizations. Read More…
Bricha ( Hebrew : בריחה , translit. Briẖa , „escape“ or „flight“) Was the underground Organized efforts That Helped Jewish Holocaust survivors escape post- World War II Europe to the British Mandate for Palestine in violation of the White Paper of 1939 . It ended when Israel declared independence and annulled the White Paper. Read More…
Überfremdung (pronounced [ˌyːbɐfʁɛmdʊŋ] ), literally „over-foreignization“, is a German-language term used in politics to suggest an excess of immigration . The word is compounded from über meaning „over“ or „overly“ and fremdmeaning „foreign“. Read More…
Soldiers of Odin (SOO) is an anti-immigrant street patrol group founded in Kemi , Finland , in October 2015. [1] [2] The group was established as a response to thousands of asylum seekers arriving in Finland from the European migrant crisis . [3]
SOO has denied claims of being a racist or neo-Nazi group in interviews and on their public Facebook page. [3] However, the group’s founder, Mika Ranta, has connections to the far-right, neo-Nazi Nordic resistance movement [3] and a criminal conviction stemming from a racially motivated assault in 2005. [4] [5] According to the Finnish public broadcaster Yle , a private Facebook page for selected members of SOO shows that racism and Nazi sympathies are rampant among higher-ranking members. [3]The group’s nature has raised concerns of anti-immigrant vigilantism . [2] Read More…
Vaterländischer Schweizerischer Verband ( French : Swiss Patriotic Federation , Italian : Federazione svizzera Patriottica ) [1] (Swiss Patriotic Federation gold SVV) Was a right wing organization influential in Swiss politics before World War II . Read More…
Paar ( pronounced [də pœynoːpə (n) vɑn ɑxt jaːr paːrs] ( listen ) , English: The Wreckage of Eight Purple Years ) is a political non-fiction book released by the political political commentator and aspiring lawmaker Pim Fortuyn in 2002, two months prior to his murder . In the book, Fortuyn sharply criticizes the ruling “ Purple “ coalition government and its direct predecessor (both composed of PvdA , VVD and D66 ). Read More…
Polish plumber ( English : the Polish plumber , Polish : polski hydraulik ) was first used by Philippe Val in Charlie Hebdo and popularized by Philippe de Villiers as a symbol of cheap plowing coming from Central Europe as a result of the directive on services the internal market during the EU Constitution referendum in France in 2005. Read More…