Tag Archives | demonstration

From Banana Revolution to Gorilla Election

8 March 2012 in Europe and Central Asia, People power, Politics and government

387 Under the shadow of the biggest corruption scandal in Slovak history, the country’s parliamentary elections on 10 March offer the public an opportunity to get rid of old methods of doing politics in Slovakia. When Iveta Radicova’s government lost a vote of no confidence in the Slovak Parliament over the issue of EU’s bailout […]

Read full story Comments { 2 }
10 Dec 2011 protests in Moscow, from Ridus.ru

Civic activism heats up in Russia

23 December 2011 in Europe and Central Asia, People power, Politics and government

Andrei Jvirblis, manager of TI Russia’s Public Activism group, and Gleb Gavrish, press officer of TI Russia, explore the ongoing events that have seen waves of Russians taking to the streets in recent weeks. Corruption is the major cause of political instability in many countries, and after questions arose about the fairness of the results […]

Read full story Comments { 6 }

Will the World Cup and Olympics bring more corruption to Brazil?

5 July 2011 in Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Events, People power, Sport

By Sophie Amelia Mendes from the IACC team, and Stella Borzilo, from the Americas department, at Transparency International. For a few days every year since 2001, dozens of people marching through the towns and villages of the arid Brazilian North East. These are the people who are speaking out against corruption in Brazil, taking part […]

Read full story Comments { 6 }