GRECO Addresses 21 Recommendations to TurkeyNovember 30, 2006 - 18:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - November 30 the Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has published today its Joint First and Second Round Evaluation Report on Turkey, which joined GRECO in 2004. The report focuses on general anti-corruption policies, specialization of law enforcement bodies in fighting corruption, independence of the judiciary, immunity from prosecution for corruption offences, the deprivation of benefits drawn from corrupt acts, measures to counter corruption in public administration and the prevention of legal persons - such as commercial companies - from being used as shields for corruption. GRECO addresses 21 recommendations to Turkey. They aim at improving the implementation of the overall anti-corruption policies. Moreover, it is recommended to consider reforming the system of administrative investigation, which may be subject to political influence, and to reduce the number of categories of public officials who benefit from immunities. It is also recommended that an Ombudsman institution be established and that the independence of recent bodies, such as the Ethics. GRECO will monitor the implementation of the recommendations to Turkey towards the end of 2007, reports the Communications Directorate of the Council of Europe. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |