GfK: Czech Republic and Slovakia most corrupt countries in Central and Eastern Europe

More than three fifths of Czechs consider it a normal procedure to give bribes in the Czech Republic, the results of a study by the GfK (Growth from Knowledge) market research institute suggest. The study included fourteen Central and Eastern European states and ranks the Czech Republic and Slovakia in the top two places, with regards to levels of corruption. Eighty-one percent of the Czech respondents stated that politicians, state officials, and entrepreneurs support each other when it comes to taking bribes but only eighteen percent said they would be willing to report any cases of corruption to the police.