Credibility of flagship EU foreign mission on line over graft allegations


  • World
  • Wednesday, 05 Nov 2014

PRISTINA (Reuters) - A rogue prosecutor, leaked papers and a judge taking to primetime television to deny being bribed – standard fare in the Balkans, where corruption and judicial skulduggery are a part of everyday life.

The characters in this drama, however, are British and Italian, hired by the European Union to embed the rule of law in the graft-riddled state of Kosovo, where the EU mission was established after its 2008 declaration of independence.

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