<p>IN THIS ISSUE</p>
<p>Corruption is a problem in the countries in our  immediate surroundings. This issue provides a deeper insight in the  situation in Kosovo. The anti-corruption agency in Kosovo has filed  charges against 159 officers on suspicion of corruption. However, the  international analysts assess that the corruption in Kosovo is still  highly dominant and the fight against corruption has still not yielded  any visible results.</p>
<p>We also provide a comprehensive analysis conducted  by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, investigating the  loopholes in the health institutions in Kosovo. A US researcher  identifies the relation between the level of corruption in one country  with the trust of the people in the institutions and other people. In  China, however, due to the limited number of scientific and research  work that can be published in the course of one year, a million dollar  worth illegal business with these works has been discovered.</p>
<p>Anti-corruption expert Vanja Mihajlova is analyzing  the cost and consequences of corruption on the economy. In addition,  you have the exclusive opportunity to read the findings from the  research, exploring the satisfaction of citizens, businessmen and  representatives of the civil society organizations from the work of  municipalities in Eastern Macedonia. Furthermore, the survey measures  the degree of involvement of local community in the process of decision  making in the municipalities. The findings will serve as a basis for  developing recommendations on undertaking measures for overcoming the  established weaknesses and promoting the work of local authorities. At  the end, we offer an interesting medley of billboards used in the  anti-corruption campaigns throughout the world. We hope that our offer  will help each of us, in the domain of our work, to be able to apply the  principles of good governance.</p>
<p><a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&amp;pid=explorer&amp;chrome=true&amp;srcid=0Bzn2sNO0yoKGODNiN2Y5NmItNDcyNS00YzdjLWEzYjAtM2U3NDg4ZjRhMGIw&amp;hl=en&amp;authkey=CJWJgesO" target="_blank">The second MAK issue can be found here</a></p>