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2 Mar 23
An “attractive” tax system encouraging private investment could help rebuild Ukraine, the country’s president said as he announced that his government has begun working with the OECD to develop one.
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22 Feb 23
The Ukrainian government has requested $15bn from the International Monetary Fund to meet immediate spending needs and pay for structural reforms.
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21 Feb 23
The US government has pledged to send $100m of additional aid to Turkey, after the country was hit by devastating earthquakes.
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14 Feb 23
The European Union should avoid a further suspension to the bloc’s fiscal rules at the end of this year, a senior official has said.
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13 Feb 23
Governments across Europe have spent more than three-quarters of a trillion euros on shielding households and businesses against rising energy costs, researchers have found.
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10 Feb 23
The Ukrainian government has earmarked a major tranche of new spending to support small businesses and repair crumbling infrastructure.
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30 Jan 23
Boosting welfare and access to services should provide all European Union citizens with a level of income that keeps them out of poverty, bloc officials have said.
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30 Jan 23
The French government has launched an initiative to reduce employment discrimination by using fake online applications.
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17 Jan 23
The Ukrainian government will receive the first tranche of an €18bn European Union support package later this week, after agreeing to loan conditions.
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17 Jan 23
Concerns over an extended period of high inflation will lead to the European Central Bank raising interest rates higher than expected, ratings agency Fitch has said.
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13 Jan 23
The French government wants to raise the retirement age to reduce the pressure swelling pension costs are placing on the country’s public finances.
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10 Jan 23
The new Italian government has signalled its intention to keep its fiscal policies aligned with the European Union amid concerns over the eurosceptic administration.
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6 Jan 23
Croatia joining the eurozone and the Schengen area marks the culmination of more than a decade of effort – and shows the way for other countries desperate to integrate into the EU.
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22 Dec 22
An emotional appeal by the Ukrainian president in the US secured more than $2bn in new aid for his country amid continued Russian aggression.
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15 Dec 22
The European Parliament has given the green light to an €18bn loan package to Ukraine, after a veto forced the proposals to be revised.
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13 Dec 22
The European Union is set to suspend more than €6bn of funding for Hungary due to the ongoing dispute over compliance with the bloc’s rule of law regulations.
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7 Dec 22
The Hungarian government has blocked an €18bn European Union package to support Ukraine’s budget and fund the war effort against Russia.
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2 Dec 22
Russia’s war will cause a recession next year but inflation will help fill government coffers.
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29 Nov 22
Interest rates at the European Central Bank will keep going up, according to its president Christine Lagarde, but a leading economist has questioned whether advanced economies should loosen their...
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18 Nov 22
Security spending and policies aimed at shielding people from inflation will leave Finland’s public finances in a weaker position, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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18 Nov 22
An overreliance on unsustainable corporation tax receipts could pose problems for Ireland in the future, and the country should look at raising other revenues, the national spending watchdog has said...
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14 Nov 22
Stated priorities such as gender equality and economic development are not fully incorporated into the European Union’s budget, potentially slowing the bloc’s progress, the European spending watchdog...
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10 Nov 22
New European Union fiscal rules should get rid of the current system’s complexity and allow governments more “ownership” of their spending plans, Brussels has said, also promising stronger...
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9 Nov 22
A tax on Germany’s highest earners could help to reduce the national deficit after public spending soared to support households during the cost-of-living crisis, an independent council has said.
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4 Nov 22
Spain’s proposed windfall tax on commercial banks could end up doing more harm than good to the nation’s economy, the European Central Bank has warned.