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GRECO 93rd Plenary Meeting (20 – 24 March 2023)
GRECO will hold its 93rd plenary meeting from 20 to 24 March 2023. The Plenary will examine 2 evaluation reports relating to the 5th evaluation round, and 9 compliance reports relating to the 4th evaluation round, concerning overall 11 member States: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina,...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Council of Europe anti-corruption body publishes report on measures needed concerning persons with top executive functions and law enforcement agencies
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), in a report published today, calls on the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina to strengthen their efforts and overcome the political blockages that prevent certain reforms from taking place in order to prevent corruption...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Council of Europe anti-corruption body publishes report on measures needed concerning persons with top executive functions and law enforcement agencies
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), in a report published today, calls on the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina to strengthen their efforts and overcome the political blockages that prevent certain reforms from taking place in order to prevent corruption...
Albania - Publication of 5th Round Compliance Report
GRECO has made public today its Fifth Evaluation Round Compliance Report on Albania, which deals with preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. This report was adopted by GRECO at its 92nd Plenary Meeting...
Austria must improve its strategy to prevent risks of corruption in government and in law enforcement
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against corruption (GRECO) has published today its fifth round evaluation report on Austria dealing with corruption prevention in central government (top executive functions) and law enforcement authorities. GRECO considers that, given the low level of...
Ireland: Council of Europe anti-corruption body publishes report on measures needed concerning persons with top executive functions and the police
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), in a report published today, calls on Ireland to pursue its efforts to prevent corruption in respect of persons with top executive functions (Ministers, Ministers of State, the Attorney General, Secretaries General and Special...
Finland - Publication of 5th Round Second Compliance Report
GRECO has made public today its Fifth Evaluation Round Second Compliance Report on Finland, which deals with preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. This report was adopted by GRECO at its 92nd Plenary Meeting...
GRECO closes its ad hoc procedure in respect of Slovenia, following the termination of unconstitutional parliamentary inquiries in respect of judges’ and prosecutors’ performance
The Council of Europe’s anti-corruption watchdog, GRECO, in a report published today, welcomes the Slovenian Constitutional Court’s decisions that parliamentary inquiries into particular judicial proceedings and decisions by judges and prosecutors were unconstitutional as they risked violating...
Romania - Publication of 4th Evaluation Round 3rd Interim Compliance Report
GRECO has made public today its Fourth Round 3rd Interim Compliance Report on Romania, which deals with corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors and includes the Follow-Up to the Ad Hoc (Rule 34) Report. This report was adopted by GRECO at its 92nd Plenary...
Heads of the Monitoring and Advisory Bodies - 10th Annual Meeting with the Secretary General
The Vice-President of GRECO, Ms Monika Olsson participated in the 10th Annual Meeting of the Secretary General with the Heads of the Monitoring and Advisory Bodies which took place in Strasbourg on 17 January 2023.
Bulgaria: Council of Europe anti-corruption body publishes a report on corruption prevention and integrity concerning top executive functions and the police
GRECO notes that top officials of the government are not subject to a proper integrity framework: no code of ethics is applicable to them, no awareness-raising on integrity matters is provided and no mechanism for confidential counselling on ethical issues is in place. In addition, GRECO calls...
Latvia - Publication of 5th Round Second Compliance Report
GRECO has made public today its Fifth Evaluation Round Second Compliance Report on Latvia, which deals with preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. This report was adopted by GRECO at its 92nd Plenary Meeting...
Norway - Publication of 5th Round Compliance Report
GRECO has made public today its Fifth Evaluation Round Compliance Report on Norway, which deals with preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. This report was adopted by GRECO at its 92nd Plenary Meeting...
5th Round Evaluation visit to Cyprus (Nicosia, 12-16 December 2022)
A delegation comprising four GRECO evaluators (Iceland, North Macedonia, Romania, and the United States of America) and two members of the Secretariat visited Nicosia from 12 to 16 December 2022 to carry out the evaluation of Cyprus in the framework of GRECO's 5th evaluation round. The topics...
Anti-Corruption Day: GRECO president calls for transparency and appropriate consultation in legislative processes
To mark the International Anti-Corruption Day, commemorated every year on 9 December, the President of the Group of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe (GRECO), Marin Mrčela, issued the following statement: “Preventing corruption and promoting integrity in public life requires...
Luxembourg - Publication of 5th Round Second Compliance Report
GRECO has made public today its Fifth Evaluation Round Second Compliance Report on Luxembourg, which deals with preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. This report was adopted by GRECO at its 92nd Plenary Meeting...
Secretary General participates in Washington International Anti-Corruption Conference
Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić today intervened in the high-level segment of the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) alongside other political leaders from Council of Europe member states and beyond. The Secretary General highlighted the importance of ensuring public sector...
Iceland - Publication of 5th Round Second Compliance Report
GRECO has made public today its Fifth Evaluation Round Second Compliance Report on Iceland, which deals with preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. This report was adopted by GRECO at its 92nd Plenary Meeting...
Spain - Publication of the 4th Evaluation Round Addendum to the 2nd Compliance Report
GRECO has made public today its Fourth Round Addendum to the Second Compliance Report on Spain, which deals with corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors. This report was adopted by GRECO at its 92nd Plenary Meeting (Strasbourg, 28 November – 2 December...
5th Round Evaluation visit to the Czech Republic (Prague, 21– 25 November 2022)
A delegation comprising four GRECO evaluators (Belgium, Montenegro, Norway, and the Slovak Republic) and one member of the Secretariat visited Prague from 21 to 25 November 2022 to carry out the evaluation of the Czech Republic in the framework of GRECO's 5th evaluation round. The topics covered...
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