- Ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi recently said bribes are not a crime. He's wrong: bribery is a crime not only in Italy, but for Italian firms operating abroad, too.

- On 14 February, watch a live stream of a business integrity conference from Riga, Latvia. Topics under discussion include the importance of corporate reporting and disclosure, as well as updates on corporate transparency from Latvia, Norway and Sweden.

- Climate summits are key opportunities to shape the global response to climate change. But how much can civil society influence the talks?

- In 2013 Transparency International celebrates 20 years of fighting corruption.

- Corruption has been a hot topic in Canada recently with a series of scandals involving both the public and private sectors.

- The Spanish parliament is currently considering a new law on Transparency, Access to Information and Good Governance that has been stalled for the past year as politicians sought to weaken its proposals.

- Corruption could divert climate finance, which – on numerous levels – we cannot afford to let happen.

- The Government Defence Anti-corruption Index assesses what countries do, and fail to do, to counter corruption in their defence sectors. Check your country's results.

- As the World Economic Forum kicks off, our chair Huguette Labelle is in Davos to co-chair the meeting. See her message.

- After Armstrong's doping admission, world cycling needs increased transparency to cure the poor governance damaging its image.