Police on Tuesday say they have dismantled the crime gang that defrauded the Greek state and Brussels by falsely claiming EU agricultural subsidies.

A law change imposing faster procedures for criminal cases against parliamentarians has drawn criticism from the opposition – and reportedly from the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.

Mainstream political groups are protecting one of their own from prosecution while taking a far tougher line against conservative and right-wing lawmakers.

After Marine Le Pen, her right-hand man is now in Brussels’ crosshairs as he rides high in the polls.

It is the first time in history that the EPPO has issued such a request for a sitting Polish member of parliament.

Attempts by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to probe EU agricultural subsidies fraud in Greece are triggering a political backlash from officials – and accusations of institutionalised clientelism from critics.

Latvia’s Minister for Smart Administration and Regional Development, Raimonds Čudars (New Unity), has expressed hope that last-minute changes to the developers of the election platform will still allow most of the IT systems used in previous elections to function during the upcoming Saeima elections. In an interview with LTV’s Morning Panorama, Čudars stated that the […]

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Greek parliament lifts immunity of 13 MPs accused of involvement in EU agriculture funds scandal following a request by the European Public Prosecutor's Office.

The Greek parliament will decide after April 19 whether to lift the immunity of eleven governing-party MPs under investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.

Public officials in state administration must not be so untouchable that they are almost impossible to remove, therefore a broader civil service reform is necessary, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs told journalists while commenting on the initiated criminal proceedings concerning suspected fraud in information technology procurements worth 1.5 million euros. Referring to a conversation with…

Latvia’s Central Election Commission (CVK) is considering approaching the Saeima with a proposal to amend legislation so that the parliament itself would decide on introducing manual vote counting in parliamentary elections, CVK Chair Māris Zviedris told journalists. Zviedris noted that the CVK is currently reviewing several options. One is involving the legislator, while another is […]

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President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs has called on the responsible authorities not to delay and to decide already now that votes in the upcoming 15th Saeima elections this autumn should be counted manually, rather than relying on information technology (IT) systems that could fail. As presidential adviser Mārtiņš Drēģeris told the LETA news agency, Rinkēvičs […]

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In a criminal case initiated by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), two individuals have been remanded in custody on suspicion of fraud in information technology procurements worth 1.5 million euros, the State Police told the LETA news agency. Initially, EPPO informed LETA that four individuals, including one public official, had been placed in pre-trial […]

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Belgian police carried out searches at multiple Commission buildings on Thursday.