Following a string of government and corporate scandals in recent years, Greece, which has seen a long has enacted its first legal protections for whistleblowers.

On 21 February 2014 India’s Parliament passed the country’s first Whistleblower Protection Bill. The law will provide legal protections for people who report crimes committed by public servants, or corruption or misconduct that causes government losses.

In January 2014 the Bosnia and Herzegovina Whistleblower Protection Act came into effect.

In January 2014 Hungary’s new whistleblower law came into effect.The Complaints and Public Interest Disclosure Act, passed in October 2013, updated whistleblower law for public and private sector employees.

In July 2013 Malta’s Parliament passed the Protection of the Whistleblower Act. This Act, which took effect in September 2013, provides legal protections for public and private sector employees.

Increased calls by Members of the EU Parliament for a new whistleblower protection law for the EU have been rejected.