Two EU nominees have been given the all-clear by fraud investigators on the eve of their European Parliament (EP) hearings.
The first, Belgian foreign minister Didier Reynders, was accused by a former Belgian spy of being involved in various corruption schemes involving the Congo, Kazakhstan, Libya, and Belgian state contracts.
The Brussels prosecutors' office launched a preliminary probe into the allegations some five months ago.
It shut down the case on Friday - two week...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.