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— “A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.” George Bernard Shaw  more—

— A little more than thirteen months ago, the UK Bribery Act (the ‘Act’) came into force in the United Kingdom. The Act equips the UK courts with some of the most robust anti-bribery legislation in the world. It consolidated and brought up to date the old antiquated legislation and formalised the general offences of giving bribes or receiving bribes, introduced an offence of bribing foreign public officials, and an offence relating to commercial organisations which fail to prevent bribery committed on their behalf. more—

— Sunday’s election results in Athens will probably ease fears of an imminent Greek exit from the euro, but despite this, the European Union, are still very much in the middle of their own crisis, which is threatening to engulf markets far more significant than those located in the former Yugoslav region. Accordingly issues such as European accession, despite the European official line, have invariably been relegated down the pecking order in Brussels.  more—