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18 Jan 18
The Greek parliament has passed a number of reforms called for by international lenders in return for bailout funds.
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18 Jan 18
Bulgaria’s government faces a no-confidence vote after its main opposition filed a motion over lack of progress in fighting corruption.
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18 Jan 18
The European Union may remove eight countries from its tax haven blacklist after the jurisdictions offered to change their tax rules.
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16 Jan 18
Ukraine is looking for ways to regulate cryptocurrencies amid concerns of growing national security risk.
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12 Jan 18
A likely German coalition plan would provide tax relief for citizens of €10bn over the three years to 2021, a draft agreement has said.
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12 Jan 18
Russia has fully spent its reserve fund to cover its budget shortfalls at the end of 2017, the country’s finance ministry said on Wednesday.
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10 Jan 18
US tech giant Apple has been forced to pay an extra £136m in tax to the UK after an “extensive audit” of the company’s business arrangements.
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10 Jan 18
Norway has said it hopes the UK will stay “as close as possible” to the single market after leaving the European Union.
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9 Jan 18
Italy’s former centre-right prime minister has said Italy should not leave the euro as it would be unsustainable for the economy.
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9 Jan 18
German chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is hopeful the latest round of coalition talks will be successful and put an end to the country’s political stalemate.
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8 Jan 18
Italy’s right-wing parties pledged to cut taxes, tackle the issue of migration and reverse planned increases to the retirement age, in a manifesto outline released yesterday.
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8 Jan 18
Guernsey politicians are due to vote this month to try to resolve a row over how to reorganise the island’s secondary and post-16 education system.
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5 Jan 18
Hungary and Ireland have expressed opposition to harmonise tax rules across the European Union, saying it undermines competition within the single market.
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5 Jan 18
Bulgaria’s president has blocked anti-corruption legislation passed by the parliament, saying it failed to provide effective measures to investigate corruption networks.
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5 Jan 18
Austria’s new government has set out plans to cut child benefit for parents living abroad, it said on Thursday.
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4 Jan 18
Iceland has made it illegal to pay women less than men to fight gender discrimination.
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4 Jan 18
The Catalan independence crisis has likely cost Spain a billion euros, according to the country’s economy minister.
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19 Dec 17
The Dutch government has said it will cooperate with the European Commission investigation into Ikea’s tax arrangements in the Netherlands, as part of an EU crack-down on aggressive corporate tax...
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19 Dec 17
Austria’s centre-right People’s Party and the anti-immigration Freedom Party have agreed to form a coalition government.
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12 Dec 17
The European Union and Japan have formed an economic partnership, which is the world's biggest bilateral trade agreement.
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8 Dec 17
The EU’s tax blacklist is just another toothless, empty list, argues George Turner of the Tax Justice Network.
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8 Dec 17
Ukraine’s president is to implement anti-graft reforms and establish an anti-corruption court following International Monetary Fund and World Bank concerns that efforts had stalled.
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6 Dec 17
The European Council has published its ‘blacklist’ of 17 countries classified as tax havens, which could lose access to funds from the bloc.
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4 Dec 17
European governments are leading the ‘race to the bottom’ as tax rates globally are heading towards zero by 2052, a study has found.
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4 Dec 17
Iceland’s Left-Green opposition leader will become the new prime minister as a coalition government is formed.