Bloomberg Bulgaria’s new prime minister criticized the nation’s prosecutors for dragging their feet on tackling graft, advancing a pledge to fight the problem in the European Union’s most corrupt member state. Premier Kiril Petkov, who won November elections promising “zero tolerance for corruption,” provided a list of 19 people he said “are potentially involved in wrongful activities” along with ...

  Bloomberg Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said she has no intention of quitting after London Mayor Sadiq Khan put her on notice following a series of scandals in the capital’s force. “I have absolutely no intention of going,” Dick told BBC London radio on Thursday. “I am — and have been for the last five years — leading a ...

  Bloomberg Australia concluded its quantitative easing (QE) program, leaving the Reserve Bank with more than 40% of government bonds on issue and raising questions about what it will do with the pile of assets. The RBA on Thursday conducted its final A$1.6 billion purchase of securities under a program that tripled its balance sheet to about A$650 billion ($465 ...