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WINNING…BY DEFAULT? GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND BARRIERS TO COMPETITION IN LATVIA
Arrests of eight individuals including director of “Škoda Transportation” and municipal enterprise’s Riga City Traffic’s official made headlines in December 2018 in Latvia. The case started by Latvia’s Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) features 800 000 EUR or even bigger bribe. It was allegedly paid to win contract for delivering 200 buses and trolleybuses for ...
MONITORING RIGA CITY TRAFFIC’S FIRST PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
MONITORING RIGA CITY TRAFFIC’S FIRST PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROJECT In accordance with the European Commission supported project “Integrity Pacts – Civil Control Mechanism for Safeguarding EU Funds” beginning January 1, 2016, “Transparency International Latvia” (TI Latvia/Delna) is supervising Riga City Traffic’s “Riga Tram Infrastructure Development” public procurement process and project implementation. An Integrity Pact is a tool developed by ...
