Power and Influence

Jana Nečasová, chief of staff and former mistress to former Czech prime minister Petr Nečas, was charged with abuse of power...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was detained today by French anti-corruption police for allegedly abusing his...

The Network for Affirmation of the NGO Sector (MANS), a Montenegrin non-profit watchdog, claims that there was election...

France’s main opposition party, the center-right ‘Union for a Popular Movement’ (UNP), has come under fire for alleged...

Soon-to-be appointed minister János Lázár has made a 75,000 euro reservation to hunt pheasants in November, a contract...

Egyptian courts have sentenced Hosni Mubarak, the 86-year-old ousted president of Egypt, to three years in prison for...

Critics of the costly infrastructure preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, scheduled to begin June 2014 in Brazil, say...

On Wednesday, Thailand’s constitutional court dismissed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, ruling that she abused her power...

By Anna Babinets, Natalie Sedletska and Oleksandr Akymenko “We’ve survived, though we are outlaws.” This line from a...

Councilmen from Michoacan have recounted life under a mayor who was in cahoots withMexico'sKnights Templar criminal...

Since March 5, Indian election officials have seized US$ 36 million, 2.7 million liters of alcohol, and 100 kilograms of...

South African opposition politicians have accused President Jacob Zuma of overspending regarding the US$24 million “security...