Latest Investigations from Romania
Roma Funds Squandered in Romania
As Brussels pressures Bucharest to improve living conditions for its Roma population, thousands of euros paid by the EU and Romanian government to do just that appears to have been wasted on inflated salaries and exorbitant rents and expenses, BIRN can reveal.
Bulgarian Asylum System Pushes Migrants West
Bulgaria fails to integrate its refugees and routinely locks up asylum seekers, despite EU and national laws banning the use of detention centres, forcing even those who might otherwise stay to try their luck in western Europe.
Digital Age Spawns Big Brother Bosses
Employers across Europe have read workers’ private emails and chat conversations by illegally using secret computer surveillance software; in Romania employees claim bosses have used private information gained to blackmail and bully them.
Investigation: The Bear Game
Unscrupulous Romanian hunters are accused of killing hundreds of protected bears each year through legal loopholes and bogus documentation.
Romanian Police Blamed for Kosovo Protest Carnage
IN-DEPTH: Balkans Struggles to Grasp its International Potential
