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Albania boosts corruption fight to aid EU bid
By Kerin Hope in Tirana
Published: August 17 2006 03:00 Last updated: August 17 2006 03:00
Albania will step up its fight against corruption and organised crime in order to boost its prospects of becoming an official candidate for membership of the European Union, the country's prime minister has said.
Western observers in Tirana welcome the crackdown but point out that the government has still to move against senior opposition politicians and leading business groups accused of having close ties with organised crime.
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Konkluzioni; Premtime dhe propogande nga qeveria e Tiranes.
By Mark Turner at the United Nations
Published: August 15 2006 03:00 Last updated: August 15 2006 03:00
Diplomats from countries with high levels of corruption, and those from countries that have a poor opinion of the US, are far more likely to commit parking violations in New York, according to a new study from Columbia and Berkeley Universities.
What they found was revealing, if not necessarily surprising. Diplomats from low-corruption countries, such as Norway, behaved "remarkably well even in situations where they can get away with violations", the study found.
Those from high-corruption countries, such as Nigeria, committed many violations, "suggesting that they bring the social norms or corruption culture of their home country with them to New York City".
From November 1997 to October 2002, the study found the 10 worst parking violators were Kuwait, Egypt, Chad, Sudan, Bulgaria, Mozambique, Albania, Angola, Senegal, and Pakistan.
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By Kerin Hope in Tirana
Published: August 17 2006 03:00 Last updated: August 17 2006 03:00
Albania will step up its fight against corruption and organised crime in order to boost its prospects of becoming an official candidate for membership of the European Union, the country's prime minister has said.
Western observers in Tirana welcome the crackdown but point out that the government has still to move against senior opposition politicians and leading business groups accused of having close ties with organised crime.
...
Konkluzioni; Premtime dhe propogande nga qeveria e Tiranes.
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Academics dish the dirt on UN's worst New York parking violatorsBy Mark Turner at the United Nations
Published: August 15 2006 03:00 Last updated: August 15 2006 03:00
Diplomats from countries with high levels of corruption, and those from countries that have a poor opinion of the US, are far more likely to commit parking violations in New York, according to a new study from Columbia and Berkeley Universities.
What they found was revealing, if not necessarily surprising. Diplomats from low-corruption countries, such as Norway, behaved "remarkably well even in situations where they can get away with violations", the study found.
Those from high-corruption countries, such as Nigeria, committed many violations, "suggesting that they bring the social norms or corruption culture of their home country with them to New York City".
From November 1997 to October 2002, the study found the 10 worst parking violators were Kuwait, Egypt, Chad, Sudan, Bulgaria, Mozambique, Albania, Angola, Senegal, and Pakistan.
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Konkluzioni; Te korruptuarit dhe ata qe nuk e duan Ameriken e sjellin kulturen e tyre ne qender te NEW YORK-tu. Shqiperia ben pjese ne te korruptuarit.
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