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Group of States against Corruption publishes report on “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”

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[Strasbourg, 30/08/2010] - The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) published today its Third Round Evaluation Report on “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, in which it finds a lack of effective implementation of the rules of party financing and the need for some legal improvements in the criminalisation of corruption.

The report focuses on two distinct themes: criminalisation of corruption and transparency of party funding. (more...)

San Marino joins the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO)

[Strasbourg, 16/08/2010] - The Republic of San Marino has joined the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) on 13 August 2010 as its 48th Member State. This accession further strengthens GRECO’s role as the reference for anti-corruption monitoring in Europe: its membership extends to the entire continent, all 47 Member States of the Council of Europe, and beyond to the United States of America.  (read more ...)

Group of States against Corruption publishes report on Hungary

[Strasbourg, 29/07/2010] – The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has published today its Third Round Evaluation Report on Hungary. It focuses on two distinct themes: criminalisation of corruption and transparency of party funding. Regarding the criminalisation of corruption (read more...)

Link to the report: Theme I / Theme II
Link to the report in Hungarian*: Theme I / Theme II
(*translation transmitted by the Hungarian authorities)

Group of States against Corruption publishes report on Greece

[Strasbourg, 07/07/2010] – The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) today published its Third Round Evaluation Report on Greece, in which it criticises its criminal legislation as being excessively complex and finds that the transparency of the funding of political parties and election campaigns needs to be improved.

The report focuses on two distinct themes: criminalisation of corruption and transparency of party funding, and addresses 27 recommendations to Greece. GRECO will assess the implementation of these recommendations in 2012. (read more...)

GRECO publishes horizontal study on Political financing

[Strasbourg, 29/06/2010] - “Political Financing: GRECO’s first 22 evaluations” focuses on three key topics examined by GRECO during its current Third Evaluation Round, namely the transparency of political funding, monitoring compliance with existing regulations and the penalties for those who breach those regulations. The report brings to light weaknesses that are common to several political systems and suggests the transposition of positive practices identified. (more...)

Link to the report

Latest Reports made public (available in PDF format)

10th General Activity Report (2009) Corruption in Sport - Presentations and summary report from a Tour de Table (GRECO 44 - October 2009) Third Evaluation Round - GRECO’s first 22 evaluations (29 June 2010) Third Evaluation Round Evaluation reports - "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (Theme I / Theme II) (30 August 2010) - Hungary (Theme I / Theme II) (29 July 2010) - Greece (Theme I / Theme II) (7 July 2010) - Turkey (Theme I / Theme II) (20 April 2010) - Denmark (Theme I / Theme II) (25 February 2010) Compliance reports - Netherlands (23 July 2010) - United Kingdom (2 July 2010) - Luxembourg (11 June 2010) - Iceland (4 May 2010)

Second Evaluation Round Addenda to Compliance Reports - Hungary (29 July 2010) - Ireland (27 July 2010) - Cyprus (29 June 2010) - Czech Republic (11 June 2010) - Iceland (4 May 2010) - "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (9 April 2010) Joint First and Second Evaluation Rounds Addenda to Compliance reports - Armenia (11 June 2010) - Turkey (11 June 2010) Compliance reports - Switzerland (4 June 2010) Evaluation reports - Italy (16 October 2009) - Russian Federation (30 April 2009)