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European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly is launching a probe into European Commission officials' flights paid for by companies and foreign governments after Politico ran a story last week alleging that EU transport chief Henrik Hololei had accepted free...

Former Tartu deputy mayor Kajar Lember has been acquitted by Tartu County Court of charges related to violating procedural restrictions and bribery. The Prosecutor's Office had accused Lember of knowingly committing a large-scale violation of the...

Six more people have been declared suspects in a Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) investigation into a corruption scandal which has engulfed the city government and council in the eastern Estonian town of Kohtla-Järve. The new suspects are in...

Riigikogu MPs' deadline to present proposed beneficiaries of an annual regional funding round was Monday, ETV news show "Aktuaalne kaamera" (AK) reported. Dubbed "protection money" (Estonian: Katuseraha, literally "roof money"), the funds are...

An Internal Security Service (ISS) investigation into opposition MP Kert Kingo (EKRE) over suspicions of the misuse of expenses benefits has raised conflict of interest questions, given the MP heads a Riigikogu committee which oversees the ISS,...

Estonia rose to 13th place on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2021, meaning it is one of the least corrupt countries on the list. Estonia's position rose from 17th place to 13th and received a score of 74/100, which is one...

The party finances watchdog body in Estonia has submitted a report to the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA), asking it to initiate proceedings relating to an alleged prohibited donation concerning a current Tallinn deputy mayor, who ran in the...

The police on Tuesday detained a former interior minister on suspicion of bribery. The alleged bribes, totaling €100,000, were aimed at heading off bankruptcy proceedings or obtaining a favorable decision in same, potentially to the detriment of...

The Ministry of Education and Research is seeking damages of close to €120,000 from former education minister Mailis Reps. Reps stepped down over a year ago over an expenses scandal and the alleged misuse of ministry funds, though the sums mentioned...

Estonia remains in sixth place on the Global Corruption Index (GCI), issued by Global Risk Profile (GRP), a third party risk management and due diligence service provider. Finland topped the list with a score of 5.23 ("very low"), followed by Norway...