Georgians Wary of Turkey’s Rising Influence in Batumi
By JOSHUA KUCERA* EurasiaNet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave a speech last October in Rize, less than 100 miles from the Georgian border, to [more >>>]
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Question marks abound over EU-Azerbaijan gas tango
By ANNA ROGGENBUCK, EIB campaign coordinator CEE Bankwatch Network Ministers, ambassadors and envoys from at least 15 countries, including Maroš Šefčovič, the European Commission’s Vice [more >>>]
British MPs went on 53 foreign trips paid for by despotic regimes last year
By JON STONE – Political correspondent The Independent Chief amongst donors were Qatar and Saudi Arabia British MPs accepted tens of thousands of pounds in [more >>>]
Three days that shook Strasbourg – human rights and corruption
By GERALD KNAUS ESI newsletter 2/2017 This newsletter as PDF A gathering storm Winter session – denouncing corruption in PACE Swiss, Nordics, Baltics, Benelux The [more >>>]
Transparency International calls on Council of Europe to investigate vote buying allegations
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL Transparency International and six of its European chapters today called on the three top officials of the Council of Europe to investigate serious [more >>>]
A European swamp – corruption and human rights
By GERALD KNAUS Newsletter 8/2016, European Stability Initiative (ESI) This newsletter as PDF A European Swamp “Your gifts are very precious” Investigation What next in [more >>>]
Human rights report quashed in push for Azerbaijan-EU gas pipeline
By LOU DEL BELLO, KARL MATHIESEN Climate Home Concerns about political prisoners were suppressed as politicians approved the Southern Gas Corridor, an Italian TV documentary [more >>>]
Caviar democracy
Italian TV channel on Azerbaijan’s “Caviar diplomacy”: president Aliyev gets rich on account of state funds Paolo Mondani – journalist of the Italian TV channel [more >>>]
Governments are doing a poor job at fighting corruption across Europe and Central Asia
Transparency International From Spain to the UK and Turkey, support for populist and nationalist movements is on the rise in Europe and Central Asia. While [more >>>]
Heaping on the caviar diplomacy
By MATTHEW VALENCIA* 1843 magazine, The Economist How does an autocratic regime divert attention abroad from its human-rights record and discourage the opposition at home? [more >>>]