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20 Feb 18
The UK government’s approach to value for money for its foreign aid spending must get better to make a bigger difference, an aid watchdog has said.
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20 Feb 18
The Dutch finance ministry has said the country’s tax policies should be further reformed after 72 errors were found in how the government processed tax deals with international companies.
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20 Feb 18
Venezuela’s new cryptocurrency, called the Petro, will go on sale today in a bid to help the country’s economic problems.
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16 Feb 18
The EU budget should place greater emphasis on accountability and transparency and be able to react more flexibly to unforeseen circumstances, auditors have said.
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8 Feb 18
The Social Democrats (SPD) will take charge of the finance ministry in the new German government, as it agreed a coalition deal with Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union.
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8 Feb 18
The European Commission has approved an investment package of €98.2m to improve citizens’ quality of lives in member states.
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5 Feb 18
Germany’s two main parties are yet to strike a deal on healthcare and labour policies during coalition talks.
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31 Jan 18
CIPFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal to help boost public financial management in the Asian country.
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25 Jan 18
The political fall out for the European Union and its members after Brexit has not yet been fully considered, says Chatham House's Christopher Smart.
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25 Jan 18
The Department for International Trade is looking at both ‘deal’ and ‘no deal’ scenarios in the eight workstreams it is handling around the UK’s planned departure from the EU.
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22 Jan 18
Romania has made little progress to tackle corruption in state institutions, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body GRECO has said.
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22 Jan 18
Sweden could become the first country to issue its own digital currency within the next few years.
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19 Jan 18
Russia is looking at increasing spending on education, healthcare and infrastructure, officials said on Tuesday.
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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.