Solomon Islands Government accused of irresponsible accounting
Solomon Islands Government accused of irresponsible accounting Solomon Islands Government accused of irresponsible accounting Solomon Islands accused of siphoning off $US2.7 million from the budget to pay for the Rural...Read more...
Transparency International raises serious concerns about corruption in the UK
The creep of the market into almost all areas of public life has brought with it a steady and damaging growth in corruption. Both the media and the political class insist the UK is largely free of corruption, a claim that no...Read more...
Private involvement urged as a way to prevent graft in Bt2-trillion plan
Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong has been urged to strengthen collaboration with the private sector to prevent corruption in the government's Bt2-trillion infrastructure investment programme. Duanden Nikhomborirak, a...Read more...
A Technological Spring in the South Caucasus
A Technological Spring in the South Caucasus By Onnik Krikorian | Wednesday, April 17 2013, TechPresident Riven by ethnic conflict and destabilized by geopolitics, the year ahead might prove to be a tumultuous one in the three...Read more...
Solomons government under fire for controversial budget changes
Solomons government under fire for controversial budget changes The Solomon Islands branch of Transparency International is concerned that the government has not been transparent with its Rural Development funding. While...Read more...
PM urged to review sons posting
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has been asked to give a second thought to the controversial promotion and posting of his son from grade 17 to 19 in National Highway Authority in the light of...Read more...
Transparency International-USA to Recognize Senator Richard Lugar, Fluor Corporation with...
Transparency International-USA (TI-USA) today announced that Former Senator Richard G. Lugar (R-IN) is to receive this year’s TI-USA Integrity Award in recognition of his career as a strong proponent of transparency and...Read more...
Mahindra and Mahindra joins World Economic Forum s anti corruption campaign
The Indian automobile giant Mahindra and amp; Mahindra is the latest firm to have signed the Partnering against Corruption Initiative (PACI) steered by the World Economic Forum (WEF). This initiative is intended to mollify...Read more...
Fake media campaign: LHC issues notices
LAHORE: Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court on Thursday sought reply from the authorities concerned and issued notice to the Transparency International Pakistan on a petition against unlawful approval of a summary...Read more...
GE13: Manifestos, Fantasies & Imaginations
Malaysians will go to the polls on May 5 and it does not matter whether you will vote for BN or PR. What is important is that on May 5, you wake up on time and go to the polling station and vote someone. Remember it is your...Read more...
New website tracks graft in Tunisia
By Jamel Arfaoui in Tunis for Magharebia – 19/04/2013 Tunisia's "I Watch" organisation on Saturday (April 13th) launched a new online "crowd-map" for reporting cases of corruption. The name chosen for the site is "Billkamcha",...Read more...
France acts on asset declaration
Reposted from the Transparency International UK blog. It has been striking how far and how quickly France has moved towards asset disclosure by government ministers in recent weeks, with parliamentarians to follow if a new law...Read more...
G20 'should fight' bank secrecy
Transparency International has called for Group of 20 finance chiefs meeting in Washington to fight bank secrecy by backing a global system for the automatic exchange of bank data. 'The G20 finance ministers have the power to...Read more...
Protecting Your Business in Russia From Corruption
Corruption is a perennial issue when operating a business in Russia. Russia ranked 133rd out of 176 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index in 2012, indicating that operating in a compliant manner...Read more...
TI-M: Najib breaks integrity pledge
PETALING JAYA: Caretaker prime minister Najib Tun Razak has violated the Election Integrity pledge he signed in February to promote fair play and fight corruption in the upcoming polls, said Transparency International Malaysia...Read more...
7 comments on planned amendments to the Labor Code
This week the Parliament of Georgia continues its debate on the planned amendments to the labor legislation. Comments and recommendations proposed by interested parties, including us at Transparency International Georgia (TI...Read more...
A Technological Spring in the South Caucasus
Riven by ethnic conflict and destabilized by geopolitics, the year ahead might prove to be a tumultuous one in the three South Caucasus countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Armenia held its presidential election in...Read more...
Hungarian Law Threatens Fair Elections, Transparency Says – Businessweek
euronewsHungarian Law Threatens Fair Elections, Transparency SaysBusinessweekHungary's new election law may open the way for voter fraud in the next balloting, Transparency International said. Based on the law approved this...Read more...
In radical move, Hollande puts a bit more sunshine into French government
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault owns two houses and a garage valued at 1.2 million euros, a car and 1988 Volkswagen Kombi van, and has 81,000 euros to pay back in loans. French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius...Read more...
‘Operation Self-Cleansing’ Demands Officials That Are Beyond Reproach
12:56, April 17, 2013 A citizens’ initiative calling itself “Operation Self-Cleansing” has publicly called on Serzh Sargsyan to form a government staffed with officials that haven’t been involved in past scandals or indecent...Read more...
Amid Paranoia, Moscow Increasingly Cracks Down on Human Rights Groups
Since last March, Russian and international human rights organizations – including such prominent ones as Memorial, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Transparency International and others – have been harassed by...Read more...
TI Georgia calls on Parliament to investigate Irakli Chikovani
16 April 2013 TI Georgia calls on Parliament to investigate Irakli Chikovani General Announcement Transparency International Georgia is calling on the Parliament to investigate if Irakli Chikovani has violated his...Read more...
Transparency International collects signatures for petition to make public lists of those who...
Transparency International Anti-Corruption Center has started collecting signatures for a petition to make public the lists of those who voted during the Feb 18 presidential election. For this purpose the National Assembly...Read more...
Letter to the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals
In follow-up to the Rio+20 meetings in June 2012, a group of 30 countries – known as the Open Working Group (OWG) – has been tasked by the UN to propose new goals on sustainable development. The timeline for work is to coincide...Read more...
Transparency International disowns Nigerian clone
Transparency International, the global anti-cor ruption organisation, said it has no links with an organisation calling itself “Transparency in Nigeria (TIN).” Several articles published in the Nigerian press last week referred...Read more...
DCCI hails TIB's election-time govt formula
Published : Sunday, 14 April 2013 FE Report The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) Saturday hailed the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) election- time government formula for a free and fare national poll. In...Read more...
Transparency shows PIA how to save Rs12 billion a year
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has been asked by the corruption watchdog Transparency International to curb collusive practices of contractors and PIA staff to save at least Rs12 billion annually....Read more...
Hasina rejects new formulas for election
Published : Sunday, 14 April 2013 A day after the Transparency International Bangladesh's (TIB) proposal to form an '11-member polls-time government' to conduct the next general election in a credible manner, Prime Minister...Read more...
Pakatan Fails to Commit to Incident-Free Election
This weekend MCA Treasurer-General Datuk Seri Tan Chai Ho signed a declaration on behalf of Barisan Nasional's Chairman Datuk Seri Najib Razak that the coalition would fully support and work towards an incident-free GE13. The...Read more...
MEJN establishes National Integrity Platform to help fight corruption in Malawi
In an effort to supporting the fight against corruption in Malawi, the National Integrity System (NIS) Support project run by the Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN) and African Institute for Corporate Citizenship has...Read more...
