EU taxpayers in the dark on US corona-drug deal
The EU recently signed a huge contract for a US anti-corona drug which, the WHO says, might not work, but there’s little transparency on how the deal was made.
Investigations
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‘Inhumane’ Frontex forced returns going unreported
The independence of Frontex’s monitoring system to make sure people are treated humanely when they are forcibly returned is in question. Efforts by some national authorities are underway to create a more credible parallel system based on transparency and scrutiny.
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MEPs demand Cyprus open up over Russia money laundering
MEPs have urged Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades to “correct” the mishandling of a Russia corruption case.
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Citizens pay for MEPs’ ghost offices
Each member of the European Parliament gets €4,342 every month, mainly to fund an office in their own country. But many of these offices seem nowhere to be found.
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Belgium free to probe EU wiretapping allegations
Belgian prosecutors told they can keep going after the EU’s anti-fraud chief, Kessler, over alleged illegal wire-taps, in a case that risks harming the EU’s image.
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Cyprus enforces Russian mafia law
Cyprus is helping Russian officials to hush up a mafia scam and to hunt down the people who exposed it.
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EU court dismisses Dalli case
A former EU health commissioner, accused of soliciting bribes from a tobacco firm, lost his case against the European Commission for unlawful dismissal.
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Part VIII: A scandal ‘for the next 10 years’
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Part VII: €60mn Valentine’s Day gift
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Part VI: A circumstantial EU hanging
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Part V: Dalli’s big tobacco theory
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Part IV: EU judges, Maltese mysteries, and Christians in the Caribbean
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Part III: Actors assemble for EU melodrama
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Part II: Malta’s ‘Mr Teflon’
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Part I: From Peppi’s to Barroso’s
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About Nikolaj Nielsen
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EU smoke & mirrors
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Sweden declines safe passage to Magnitsky campaigner
Sweden has declined to guarantee the safety of a campaigner for EU sanctions on Russian officials despite Russian threats.
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European rights body to debate Magnitsky report
The Council of Europe will on Wednesday debate a damning resolution on the Magnitsky affair, with Russian delegates pledging to attack the text.
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EU: Magnitsky verdict is ‘disturbing’ sign
The EU has said Russia’s posthumous conviction of Magnitsky is a “disturbing” sign of lack of rule of law, but remains opposed to sanctions.