https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed More than half of respondents in a global survey released on Tuesday think that political corruption has worsened over the past two years, and a quarter reported having paid officials a bribe in the last 12 months. https://www.thelocal.de/20130709/50755 Tue, 09 Jul 2013 11:10:00 +0200 50755 As President Christian Wulff remains mired in allegations of impropriety, anti-corruption group Transparency International (TI) has called for politicians to use the case as a chance to open up German politics. https://www.thelocal.de/20120207/40525 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:22:00 +0100 40525 Though a new survey of perceptions of corruption in countries around the world rates Germany rather well – 14th out of 183 countries – anti-graft group Transparency International says country still has much work to do. https://www.thelocal.de/20111202/39263 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:06:00 +0100 39263