Tag: corruption
Brazil’s ex-president Bolsonaro is to testify about the storming of Congress
Jair Bolsonaro The former president of Brazil is often compared to Donald Trump. (Photo: Reuters) Brasilia Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is said to be questioned about supporters’ storming of…
Italy’s ex-prime minister Berlusconi has leukaemia
Berlusconi Initially, there was no statement from those close to Berlusconi. (Photo: Reuters) Milan, Rome Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is hospitalized with pneumonia. The 86-year-old has also been…
Italy’s ex-prime minister Berlusconi has leukaemia
Berlusconi Initially, there was no statement from those close to Berlusconi. (Photo: Reuters) Milan According to an insider, Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been diagnosed with leukemia. The…
Donald Trump stumbles on America’s prudery
donald trump As president, he may have done worse than a cover-up affair, but politicians in America sometimes stumble over seemingly trivial matters. (Photo: Reuters) American history is full of…
How companies can build a successful African business
Employees of the German agricultural company Amatheon Agri in Uganda Investments abroad from Germany rarely flow to Africa. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The African continent is still a blank spot on…
Ex-President Donald Trump accused in hush money scandal
donald trump He actually wants to move back into the White House. (Photo: AFP) According to a media report, former US President Donald Trump has been charged in connection with…
Search at Mercedes – employees suspected of corruption
Group headquarters in Stuttgart Untertürkheim Mercedes employees are suspected of corruption. (Photo: imago images/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin Buildings of the Stuttgart car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz have been searched as part of a…
Petition for oligarchs drives wedge between anti-Putin forces
Berlin Liar, coward, traitor. A storm of indignation has recently descended on Leonid Volkov, one of the closest confidants of the imprisoned Putin critic Alexei Navalny. Not only for him…
An indictment of the rule of law
Hanno Berger The tax attorney was sentenced to just eight years in prison instead of the maximum sentence of 15 years – because the state is too slow. (Photo: dpa)…
JPMorgan files lawsuit against former top executive Jes Staley
Jes Staley New allegations against the bank’s former manager have surfaced in the wake of the lawsuits against JPMorgan. (Photo: Bloomberg) Denver The US bank JP Morgan Chase has filed…
JPMorgan files lawsuit against former top executive Jes Staley
Jes Staley New allegations against the bank’s former manager have surfaced in the wake of the lawsuits against JPMorgan. (Photo: Bloomberg) Denver The US bank JPMorgan Chase has filed a…
Real estate: raid on the Vonovia housing group
Vonovia headquarters in Bochum The real estate group is also being criticized for its decision to put all new construction projects on hold for this year. (Photo: imago images/Ina Fassbender)…
Vonovia: raid on the Dax 40 group
Vonovia headquarters in Bochum The real estate group is also being criticized for its decision to put all new construction projects on hold for this year. (Photo: imago images/Ina Fassbender)…
EU director-general apparently accepted nine free flights to Qatar
Qatar Airways plane at Vienna Airport EU officials can be invited by third parties as long as there is no conflict of interest, a spokesman said. (Photo: Imago) Brussels In…
Finance Minister Heiko Geue under pressure over burned tax documents
Heiko Geue (SPD) The Finance Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will answer questions from the press on Tuesday. (Photo: IMAGO/BildFunkMV) Berlin, Brussels In the affair surrounding the burned tax documents of…
Prosecutors fail because of the country’s elite
Vienna “Please think Austrian!” A corruption prosecutor recently demanded of the jury in the Vienna Criminal Court. What the lawyer meant by that is not flattering for the country. He…
How Peter Obi stirred up Nigerian politics
Peter Obi The Labor Party candidate. (Photo: AP) Cape Town On no other continent are the heads of state as old on average as in Africa – and the electorate…
Minister was informed about file burning
Jacqueline Bernhardt The Justice Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania saw no reason to inform the public about the burning of the tax documents. (Photo: imago images/BildFunkMV) Schwerin, Berlin The state government…
Nigeria faces a difficult choice
Cape Town Long queues and queues of cars are routine in Nigeria. But before the parliamentary and presidential elections on Saturday, the West African oil state is not only suffering…
Ex-Siemens boss to become supervisory board member at Caixabank in Spain
Peter Loescher The ex-Siemens boss will soon start at Caixabank. (Photo: imago/photothek) Madrid The former CEO of Siemens, Peter Loescher, is to become a member of the supervisory board of…