Czech Pol Jailed in Corruption Case, Lugansk Rebels Claim to Find U.S. Weapons Cache

"The former health minister and governor is so far the biggest fish caught in the net of the state attorney's anti-corruption drive," Radio Prague notes, adding that construction companies whose executives were convicted of offering bribes are being shunned by potential clients, banks...

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Published in:Transitions online 2015-07
Main Authors: Frye, Barbara, Caloianu, Ioana, Thomas Chan Tsz Chun, Deulin, Evgeny
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Arrests
Bribery
Budget deficits
Capital expenditures
Computer & video games
Corruption
Criminal sentences
Economic development
Education
Election results
Electronic surveillance
Governors
Political parties
Prime ministers
State elections
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Summary:"The former health minister and governor is so far the biggest fish caught in the net of the state attorney's anti-corruption drive," Radio Prague notes, adding that construction companies whose executives were convicted of offering bribes are being shunned by potential clients, banks, and insurance firms. Some of the boxes have English-language labels on them with spelling mistakes such as RE USABLE, DATE LOUDED and US APMY, the last apparently a mix-up involving the Cyrillic equivalent of the English R. Russian video-game blogger Anton Logvinov has noted that the misspelling "TRACKING RAINER" on one of the missile launchers - instead of "TRACKING TRAINER" - repeats a spelling mistake from the video game Battlefield 3. Education minister poised to lead new government in Chisinau The Moldovan education minister whose questions about the academic credentials of the country's prime minister led to the latter's resignation might be in line for the top job herself, Reuters reports. Kosovo judge arrested on abuse of power charges The head of Kosovo's Appeals Court was arrested this week and charged with "misuse of authority or official position" and "exertion of influence," Balkan Insight reports, calling it "one the most high-profile arrests ever made involving a member of the Kosovo judiciary."
ISSN:1214-1615