Eurostat officials transferred due to fraud probe

Two high-ranking officials in Eurostat, the EU statistical office, Yves Franchet, its long-serving director-general, and Daniel Byk, director of one of Eurostat's six departments, have been temporarily removed from their post after allegations of fraud involving the two men have come into the open.

"This is not a disciplinary measure", Commission spokesperson Reijo Kemppinen insisted. "The Commission accepted [their request to be removed from their posts] because we want to give them a ...