Ukraine: Street Clashes Erupt Over “Anti-Protest” Legislation
Violence erupted in Ukraine again on Sunday as tens of thousands took to the streets, rallying against Thursday’s sweeping anti-protest legislation, reports the Independent.
Violence erupted in Ukraine again on Sunday as tens of thousands took to the streets, rallying against Thursday’s sweeping anti-protest legislation, reports the Independent.
Headway is finally being made in the case of the murder of publisher and journalist Slavko Ćuruvija, a Slobodan Milošević opponent who was killed 15 years ago.
More than 100 ex-police and firemen have been arrested in the United States for fraud after allegedly filing false mental illness claims in order to receive federal benefits. The fraud is believed to have cost the Social Security system hundreds of millions of dollars, reports the BBC.
A company controlled by the largest aluminum producer in the United States, Alcoa Inc., will pay US $384 million in fines for spending tens of millions of dollars to bribe Bahraini officals, reports Businessweek.
A gruesome video showing decapitated bodies of inmates highlights increased violence and crime in Brazil’s historically safer northeastern states, reports InSight Crime.
A rising demand for clean biofuels is fueling a dirty war in Honduras. According to the Guardian, the cost is being paid by subsistence farmers occupying land claimed by palm oil magnates.
In a surprising political turnaround, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that he favors re-trials of hundreds of military officers convicted of a 2003 plot to overthrow the government, reports the BBC.
Former Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase has been sentenced to four years in prison for taking bribes. This is his second corruption-related sentencing, reports Radio Free Europe.
Croatia’s anti-corruption office USKOK has charged 364 Croatian citizens and the Farmal pharmaceutical company for bribery and corruption, reports Balkan Insight.