Cronyism

British politicians accuse Theresa May of turning a "blind eye to President Putin's kleptocrats". A parliamentary committee has accused the government of empty rhetoric after the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal.

Corrution in Poland: The right-wing conservative PiS party wanted to end the nepotism in public enterprises. Now it becomes clear: since they are in power, the Conservatives themselves occupy lucrative posts rigorously with followers.

Suspicious business at Flughafen GmbH: The company of a senior employee received an order of 240,000 euros.

Spain's prospects could be turned around with a "big bang" at the start of a new parliament, zeroing in on ending Corruption, overhauling education and creating jobs, the Ciudadanos party said as it campaigned ahead of December's vote.

A major Tory donor nominated for a knighthood in David Cameron's proposed resignation honours has withdrawn his name from the list amid accusations of Cronyism.

A row has erupted over "Cronyism" in the honours system, following an apparent leak of David Cameron's resignation honours list.

Donald Trump's top aide has denied receiving "payments" from the former Russian-backed Ukrainian government.

The former driver Iļja Ballods-Nagradovs of the former chief of Customs Criminal board of State Revenue Service (VID) Vladimirs Vaškevičs has started to live in a house owned by the company of Vaškevičs wife. Ballods has given important testimonies several years ago in the case of detonation related to Vaškevičs. Moreover, the firm of Ballods-Nagradovs initially has won the procurement of a half million euros in the municipality enterprise.

Rome: Whether in the allocation of flats, in the public administration or in the construction - in a lot of sectors corruption exists. And currently members of the local mafia, the "Mafia Capitale", are under indictment.

After monitoring procedures Lithuania's Public Procurement Office declares that local Šalčininkai municipality limits suppliers' competition in local road and street fixing contracts.