Latvia remains hive of corruption
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The latest report on world corruption by Transparency International shows that Latvia is the second most corrupt country in the EU, while Estonia was the least corrupt among the 10 new members in the 25-member union.
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Billions of dollars worth of bribes paid each year go into pockets of public officials in rich countries, study finds.
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In the latest edition of its highly-regarded Corruption Index , Transparency International blames corruption for diverting urgently needed public money into dirty hands.
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GLOBAL graft watchdog, Transparency International, yesterday ranked Nigeria as the third most corrupt country in the world, after Haiti and Bangladesh.
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Workers sandblast decades of muck and grime off Bulgaria's imposing Palace of Justice. It's a fitting metaphor for the country's mad scramble to clean up rampant corruption and crime before it joins the European Union on Jan. 1.
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The Roma, also known as Gypsies, remain frequent targets of racist attacks, abuse and police harassment, EU legislators said Thursday.
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It may take 146 years for Nigeria to wipe out corruption from its system going by the latest report by Transparency International (TI) which gave the country the third position among the most corrupt countries of the world.
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Mr Zatlers has headed several medical organisations The Latvian parliament has elected a leading medical doctor, Valdis Zatlers, as the Baltic state's next president. via BBC Europe Edition
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Latvia will not be ready to adopt the euro until 2012, and possibly even as late as 2013, because inflation in the Baltic country remains stubbornly high, Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis said Friday.
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Corruption still oils the wheels of business in Kenya, a World Bank survey shows.
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Patrons are being lured into Riga, Latvia, strip clubs with the promise of free booze, then forced to pay large sums of money, the British Embassy warns.Comment
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Just over a year ago the first minister of Wales, Rhodri Morgan, visited Latvia.
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Meeting with visiting Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kostiantyn Hryschenko, President Vaira Vike-Freiberga of Latvia said that Ukraine may count on Latvia's support and experience in the former's bid for ...
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RIGA, Latvia (International Herald Tribune) - Latvia's government lost two ministers Friday in a widening row over the prime minister's decision to suspend the Baltic nation's top anti-corruption investigator. The dispute has left the government on the verge of collapse, but Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis said his four-party coalition would stay in office to work on the national budget.
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Russia expels a Latvian diplomat - in apparent retaliation for Latvia's expulsion of a Russian diplomat.
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Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga has been nominated by the leaders of the three Baltic states to run for the post of United Nations secretary general, the president's spokeswoman has said.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed regret in relation to what it called untactful public statements made by Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga about the upcoming May 9 celebrations to mark the 60th ...