Corruption Deeply Rooted in All Countries in Region, Analysis Shows

According to an analysis carried out by the Macedonian Centre of International Cooperation, 90% of people that were asked for a bribe gave money in exchange for some services. Corruption is deeply rooted in all countries in the region, including North Macedonia, it is added in the text.

Issues when it comes to the EU integration of countries have just gone on to increase the risk of corruption, the analysis explains as well.

At a high-level meeting on Tuesday, Ben Nupnau, Deputy Head of the EU Delegation, when it comes to fighting corruption, pointed to the need for further progress of the legal framework and defining of concrete goals. He also stated that political decisions at the highest level were needed.

However, the Deputy Head of the EU Delegation stated that that was a task of the whole of society.