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U.S. President Joe Biden announces that he will remove Gabon, Niger, Uganda and the Central African Republic from the African Growth and Opportunity Act trade program, because of "gross violations" of human rights and rampant political corruption, effective January 1, 2024.
2023-10-30

Vice President of Paraguay Hugo Velázquez Moreno announces his resignation after being accused of corruption by the United States, which he denies being guilty of.
2022-08-12

Prime Minister Andrej Plenković announces a slight easing of restrictions beginning on February 16, citing the stable number of new cases in the past few weeks. Foreign language schools, casinos, gyms and betting shops can reopen and restaurants and bars can also sell coffee to go.
2021-02-11

Prime Minister Andrej Plenković tests positive for COVID-19.
2020-11-30

Prime Minister Andrej Plenković announces that Croatia will suspend weddings, close cafés and restaurants, and restrict outdoor and public gatherings to 25 people and private gatherings to 10 people between November 28 and December 21 as the country reports a record 4,009 new cases in the past 24 hours.
2020-11-26

Former Ethiopian minister of communication Bereket Simon is sentenced to six years in prison for corruption and mismanagement of public funds.
2020-05-8

Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović selects Israel-based Teva Pharmaceuticals executive Tihomir Orešković to be the new prime minister following the inconclusive November 8 election. The "technocrat" is the choice of conservatives and reformists, who have 78 parliamentary seats, enough for confirmation.
2015-12-23

Climax of the 2015-16 Lebanese protests: Around 150 000 protest against the Garbage Crisis, sectarianism, corruption and police brutality.
2015-08-29

Former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader is sentenced to 10 years in prison in a first-degree verdict. He is the highest official in Croatia to be convicted of corruption.
2012-11-20

Prosecutors in Croatia issue an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on suspected corruption charges. He is then arrested.
2010-12-10