Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban criticized European Union’s plans to impose another round of economic sanctions against Russia in response to its intervention in Ukraine. ...

Polish fiscal authorities have increased the effectiveness of efforts against VAT fraud by focusing their attention on companies registered at virtual offices. ...

The appointment of Adam Jasser, the now former secretary of state in the PM's chancellery, to the position of the president of the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has drawn criticism with regard to compliance issues from business and legal circles, the Polish media reported on March 20. ...

The Supreme Court of Poland exonerated Beata Sawicka, former member of parliament affiliated with the ruling Civic Platform (PO) party, of all corruption charges in a high-profile case followed closely by Poles, the Polish media reported in March 2014. ...

The Polish prosecution has frozen the bank account of 24-year-old Alessandro G. from Suwalki, who had managed to raised more than PLN 1 mln from Polish entrepreneurs for subscribing to a share call of his own making, the Polish media reported in March 2014. ...

The number of instances of illegal use of software by Polish companies reported to the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has increased threefold over the last three years, the Polish media reported on March 14. ...

Almost half of all Polish companies fell victim to economic crimes within the last two years, according to the Global Economic Crime Survey 2014 ocarried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Polish media reported in March 2014. ...

A long-time public servant of the Public Utilities Department at the Gdansk City Hall was detained in an ongoing corruption investigation conducted by the state prosecution since mid-2013, the Polish media reported March 4. ...

Approximately 19.5 percent of Poland’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is generated in the grey sector, and is therefore untaxed, the Polish media reported in March 2014 making reference to a report by the Institute for Market Economics. ...

In the aftermath of an audit of the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS)  carried out by the Polish Supreme Audit Office (NIK) in February 2014, the NIK sent an official letter to the Polish Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) alerting it to the alleged irregularities, which occurred in a public tender that ZUS had issued for its main IT system, the Polish media reported at the end of February 2014. ...