Bulgaria and Romania score worst on corruption index

Bulgaria and Romania, the EU's two newest member states, are the most corrupt in the Union, according to this year's Transparency International report.

The index ranks 180 countries on the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians, based on surveys of business people and assessments by country analysts.

Following their accession to the EU earlier in January, Bulgaria and Romania replaced Poland and Greece as the union's worst-forerunne...