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How Azerbaijan bribed ex-Council of Europe members

Former members of the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly engaged in “corruptive activities” and violated the human rights body's code of ethics, according to...

Brussels investigates Italian state loan to Alitalia

The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation to assess whether Italy's bridge loan to Alitalia totalling €900m constitutes State aid and if it...

New EU-wide rules to protect whistleblowers

The European Commission on April 23 proposed new legislation aimed at strengthening whistleblower protection across the EU. Recent scandals such as Dieselgate, Luxleaks, the Panama...

Why some EU members will lose cohesion funds

European Union cohesion funding will be shifted away from Central and Eastern Europe to countries hit harder by the financial crisis, the Financial Times...

S&DS urge the government of Nicaragua to stop repression

Police repression to diffuse citizens' mobilisation against the reform of social security proposed by the government of Nicaragua has left at least 30 dead...

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