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Qatargate has become the biggest corruption scandal to hit the European Parliament. It has exposed the ability of foreign governments to penetrate European institutions.
Qatargate accused Marc Tarabella broke down in front of press on May 10 as he accused his former friend Pier Antonio Panzeri of “throwing him to the wolves”.
Eduard Heger has stepped down as prime minister of Slovakia following an EU funding scandal.
Financial stress, declining readerships, shrinking advertising and the the pandemic have left Greece’s legacy media on the brink, according to Reporters Without…
The European Commission should look closer to home with its new anti-corruption legislation, says a prominent Euro MP.
The EU is devising new sanctions against Russia that are expected to close existing loopholes.
The European Parliament’s legal affairs committee met in a closed session on April 25 to discuss whether to withdraw the parliamentary immunity of embattled Greek…
A Tunisian judge on April 17 ordered the arrest of Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda party, on charges of conspiring against the…
Qatargate suspect and former European Parliament vice president Eva Kaili says she will fight to clear her name in Belgium and will not return to her homeland until…
A senior European Parliament leader says he has “doubts” as to whether the EU’s aid to Ukraine is ending up in the right hands.
A Belgian lobbyist is suing European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over SMS exchanges she allegedly had with Pfizer's chief executive, asking whether…
Qatargate accused Marc Tarabella will go back to work as soon as he is released from prison under electronic surveillance, Belgian press reports today.
Belgian police, accompanied by German police, “raided” the European People’s Party (EPP) headquarters in Brussels on April 4 though the party itself said agents…
A spy, according to the New Oxford American Dictionary, is “a person who secretly collects and reports information on the activities, movements and plans of an…
European Union officials, and those of the European Commission in particular, reputedly have cushy jobs.
The former chairwoman of the European Parliament sub-committe on Human Rights, Marie Arena, has gone public for the first time to defend her actions with regard…
Law-abiding Euro MPs must be furious with the Qatargate suspects, who have brought unwelcome attention to less-than-totally-ethical European Parliament practices…
The Qatargate scandal, now three months young, has revealed the seedy underbelly of the European Parliament: an assembly where Euro MPs – allegedly – accept…
The European Commission official facing pressure over his free trips to Qatar conducted his own conflict of interest assessment, the Brussels executive admitted…
The European Parliament is already back-peddling on reform promises made when the Qatargate scandal broke just three months ago, according to a transparency campaigner.
Stealing from Brussels is considered “patriotic” in parts of the European Union, according to the bloc’s chief public prosecutor.
Evidence leaked to the press continues to trouble the accused in the Qatargate corruption scandal, which has now implicated a mysterious “Dutch woman” in what…
Qatargate suspects were remanded in custody on February 16 despite desperate pleas by their lawyers.
The European Parliament has decided to hold a hearing on the EU’s Covid vaccine procurement negotiations behind closed doors.
Two more Socialist Euro MPs were on February 16 named as being allegedly connected to the growing Qatargate scandal.
The European Parliament is racing to cauterise damage caused by the Qatargate scandal, which has left an unseemly smell of corruption hanging over the Strasbourg-based…
A key figure in the Qatargate scandal has turned informant, and this news is covered across the EU’s media landscape today.
