(Reuters) - Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act could weigh on ratings of U.S. companies, as fines, penalties and investigations absorb cash and distract management, Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday.
The following is the speech titled "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" that the President of the Republic of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves made at the Estonian Newspapers Association held on January 22, 2010
Political parties represented in the parliament owe advertising agencies, printing houses and media companies millions of kroons.
Political parties represented in the parliament owe advertising agencies, printing houses and media companies millions of kroons.
State Audit Office (SAO) says that all 15 local governments that it randomly audited had made potentially corrupt transactions with companies linked to local government members.
2010 will be the most important year since the regime change of 1989 for post-communist Central Europe and the Baltics, writes Business Week.
The new Eurobarometre survey published in November says that 82% of respondents in Estonia said that corruption was a major problem in Estonia.
Tallinn Circuit Court ruled today that ex-minister Villu Reiljan was guilty of asking a 1.5 million kroon bribe from businessman Aivo Pärn through his lawyer Tarmo Sild.
Berlin-based thinktank Tranparency International on Tuesday ranked Estonia as the world's 27th least corrupt country.
Tõnis Saarts, a political scientist said that Centre Party will likely talk of government’s activities with fighting the crisis, while Reform Party and Pro Patria and Res Publica Union (IRL) will probably talk of Centre Party’s corruption scandals before local elections, ERR News reports.
