Ireland and Portugal’s decision to end their residence-by-investment (RBI) programmes has heightened scrutiny of similar schemes in the EU. But their growing popularity among foreigners, coupled with the emergence of new RBI options across the bloc, su…
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Qatar has denied all allegations concerning the EU scandal and expressed the need to respect the judicial procedures.
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Canada’s perceived corruption in the public sector has remained the same since last year.
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Hungary has blamed a conspiracy for coming bottom in an EU corruption rating as it seeks to unfreeze European funding.”Transparency International [TI] is a member of the Soros Network,” Hungarian government spokesman Zoltán Kovács tweeted on Tuesday ( …
In the EU corruption scandal, two other MPs have been targeted by investigators. They are also said to have received benefits from Qatar. The Social Democrats Tarabella and Cozzolino are now threatened with losing their immunity.
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