Former Ukrainian economy and foreign minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, was nominated for the post of prime minister in the new government, which will be formed after more than three months of protests finally led to the abolition of the current Ukrainian government. ...

The foreign ministers of Poland, Germany and France, are in the midst of negotiations with Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, and opposition leaders, in a bid to end the bloodshed that has gripped Maidan Square in Kiev over the last days ...

Former-Bulgarian prime minister, and founder of the right-wing GERB party, Boyko Borisov, has made controversial choices to take the positions of party chair deputies, after being re-elected as GERB chair in a landslide election, which took place, Feb 16. ...

Serbia’s Central Bank chief, Jorgovanka Tabakovic, announced that the country’s banking system is stable, in a bid to dampen fears over a possible recession, the local media reported, on Feb.11. ...

An EU Anti-Corruption Report, published at the start of Feb., found that the health sectors in Hungary, Poland and Slovakia were most likely to be plagued by bribery. ...

Developer Griffin Group acquired Nordic Park office complex in a deal worth PLN 85 mln, according to a press statement released by the legal office, which advised on the deal, Kancelaria Kochanski Zieba Rapala i Partnerzy (KZRP), released Feb. 7. ...

Russian anti-government campaigner, and founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, Alexei Navalny, published a report on alleged instances of corruption surrounding the construction works in and around the Olympic village of Sochi ...

The Romanian National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) voiced serious concern over the new criminal code adopted by Parliament, saying that the code is likely to hinder corruption investigations, the DNA wrote in a statement, on Jan. 1. ...

Bulgarian energy company Energo-Pro Grid AD was fined by consumer watchdog, the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC), to the tune of BGN 266,000 for engaging in unfair market practices. ...

Contracts signed with Poland’s LNG incumbent, PGNiG, have been found to contain clauses which are detrimental to the liberalization of the natural gas market, competition and consumer watchdog, UOKiK, announced on Jan. 27. ...