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Romania's leftist government led by Prime Minister Victor Ponta survives a no-confidence vote

Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta has secured political immunity in a criminal investigation after his leftist government survived a

China

China's crackdown on corruption: ex-security chief handed life sentence

Formerly one of the most powerful men in China, ex-Domestic Security chief Zhou Yongkang becomes the latest domino to fall in the president's crackdown on corruption.

Romania

The Prime Minister of Romania has survived an attempt to bring a criminal prosecution against him.

Romania's parliament has voted overwhelmingly to block an inquiry into Prime Minister Victor Ponta. Deputies voted 231 to 120 to preserve his immunity.

Romania

Romania rocked over PM Ponta’s alleged corruption

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World News

Calls for FIFA payments probe after Ireland's 5m€ for Henry handball

FIFA and Ireland's Football Association (FAI) have confirmed that the world's governing body paid five million euros to stop the Irish from going to court over a controversial World Cup playoff defeat

USA

FIFA scandal deepens as ex-VP reveals details of past transactions

Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner says he fears for his life and he has evidence that FIFA money was involved in the 2010 national election in

Italy

Italian police arrest 44 over migrant centre corruption

Italian police have arrested forty-four people suspected of being part of a corrupt network of business people and politicians. Search warrants have

USA

Saving world football from dictators – the US and the FIFA scandal

World News

FIFA scandal: Former top official Chuck Blazer admits bribe-taking

Documents from a hearing in New York in 2013 reveal that Chuck Blazer accepted bribes to vote for several events including the World Cups in South in 2010 and in France in 1998.

World News

Blazer says he took bribes over award of World Cup in France in 1998

World News

Transparency International tells FIFA: "Start an independent reform committee now"

Deborah Unger of Transparency International spoke to euronews about the resignation of Sepp Blatter and the future of FIFA in the aftermath of the corruption scandal crippling world football's governi

Business Line

FIFA and its sponsors - who has the most to lose?

World News

Former FIFA officials on Interpol wanted list

Wanted over alleged racketeering, conspiracy and corruption: Interpol issues red notices for two former FIFA heads and four sports executives.

World News

Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria focus of EU cash fraud probes

World News

Interpol issues 'red notice' for accused ex-FIFA bosses

Interpol has issued ‘Red Notices’ – the closest tool that exists to an international arrest warrant – for two former FIFA officials and four

World News

Blatter resigns as FIFA president amid reports FBI is set to investigate his role in scandal

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has unexpectedly stepped down just days after winning his fifth term in office.

World News

Blatter...with resignations timing is everything

Sepp Blatter’s re-election has turned out to be a somewhat pyrhhic victory. For the man in power since 1998 to leave now means that something behind

Sport

FIFA presidency: Who's next?

With Switzerland’s Sepp Blatter announcing he will resign as the president of FIFA after 17 years in the role, attention will now turn to who will

World News

'Courageous' or 'good news?' World football reacts to Blatter's departure

As Sepp Blatter permanently benches himself from the beautiful game, reactions to his sudden departure from FIFA have been flooding in. Michel

Switzerland

US report claims FBI opens corruption inquiry into FIFA president Sepp Blatter

FIFA chief Sepp Blatter has said that he is to step down just four days after being re-elected to a fifth term.