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A public health official in Slovakia has made history by becoming the first person in continental Europe to receive a monetary prize for being a whistleblower. Dr. Rastislav Šaling reportedly received a €3,000 reward from Slovakia’s Justice Department after he...

At an April 20 conference on the future of Romanian whistleblowing law, experts discussed the most pressing issues facing the country as it moves towards a December 2021 European Union (EU) Directive deadline to overhaul its whistleblower laws. The 18th...

On April 20, whistleblower experts gathered virtually at a Whistleblower Network News-sponsored conference to discuss the implementation of the 2021 European Union (EU) deadline for an overhaul of whistleblower protections in Romania. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) was a keynote...

Romania is poised to become a model for other European countries in the adoption of the EU Whistleblower Directive. Romania is the first EU country to propose whistleblower legislation that fully incorporates recommendations for whistleblower protection and rewards submitted by...

A coalition of anti-corruption and whistleblower advocacy groups have recommended that European governments should empower whistleblowers to expose crime and corruption harming the environment, in an attempt to slow down damage to our climate and ecosystems. A new European standard...

A rapid series of major events in Germany finally could begin to nourish a whistleblowing culture in one of Europe’s most secrecy-obsessed countries. The top two officials at Germany’s financial regulator, BaFin, were forced to resign last month in the...

Berlin | analogo.de – The automotive supplier Robert Bosch leaves it to whistleblowers in its own company to hire a lawyer if they point out wrongdoing in the company. The Editor of analogo.de confirmed this fact by questioning a compliance...

The Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI) in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, hosted a two-day webinar series called “Annual Regional Multi-Beneficiary Training on Whistleblower Protection.” The events occurred on February 9 and 11 and were conducted under the European...

On December 9, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) and Whistleblowing International announced the launch of the European Center for Whistleblower Rights, the first independent non-profit dedicated to securing stronger whistleblower laws in Europe, directly assisting European whistleblowers, and ensuring that...

A major new study shows Europe has fallen behind other regions in several important whistleblowing indicators. The study confirms the extent to which managers silence and punish workers who expose corruption – and the urgent need for European countries to...