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29 Jan 16
The head of the United Nations’ refugee agency has warned any policies of “control and closure” in Europe to tackle the refugee crisis would be “dangerous”.
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29 Jan 16
The World Bank is to help Latvia improve the efficiency, equity and competitiveness of its tax system, it was announced yesterday.
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28 Jan 16
The European Commission has set out new measures to crack down on corporate tax avoidance that seek to push member states to improve coordination of approaches.
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28 Jan 16
UK government ministers have insisted that arms sales to Saudi Arabia do not undermine international development objectives in Yemen despite charities telling MPs that the positions were incompatible...
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27 Jan 16
The Danish parliament has voted to pass controversial laws enabling the confiscation of money and valuables from asylum seekers to help pay for their stay in the country.
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26 Jan 16
The security and stability challenges the European Union faces require closer, better coordinated collective action, according to the commissioner for international cooperation and development.
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26 Jan 16
The European Commission's response to the financial crisis of the late 2000s was "generally weak", with measures not applied consistently and lacking in thorough scrutiny, auditors have said.
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26 Jan 16
A review by the European Commission has found that 11 countries in the bloc face high risks to their public finances due to forecasts for increases in public sector debt levels.
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25 Jan 16
The UK has pledged £30m in new aid funding to help those arriving in Europe after escaping the brutal conflict in Syria, the country’s international development secretary announced on Friday.
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22 Jan 16
Economic growth in Moldova “came in surprisingly strong” last year but significant weaknesses and risks remain a concern, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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21 Jan 16
The UK’s Department for International Development needs to be better placed to ensure value for money in its response to fluid, long-term crises, the country’s public spending watchdog has said.
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20 Jan 16
The European Commission has ordered Belgium to recover €211m in funding granted to several companies, part of a global steel trading group, after finding that payments breached state aid rules.
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20 Jan 16
The UK Department for International Development’s overreliance on the international health system meant it failed to heed early warnings about the scale of the Ebola outbreak, British MPs concluded.
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20 Jan 16
The increase in refugee numbers in Europe will place extra pressure on the public purse in the short term, the International Monetary Fund has found, but could have positive economic effects in the...
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19 Jan 16
European Union member states that infringe tax-related state aid rules should not be able to keep money they recover in unpaid tax, the European Parliament has called.
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14 Jan 16
European Union member states have fallen far short in a number of areas outlined in the European Agenda on Migration – the European Commission’s response to the refugee crisis – the commission said...
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14 Jan 16
The president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will visit China this week to finalise the country’s membership of the bank.
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13 Jan 16
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has reported record investments of €9.4bn and a €0.8bn profit in 2015.
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13 Jan 16
The European Commission’s top tax official has said countries have “looked the other way” in the face of serious tax avoidance and pledged to take action this year to improve transparency.
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12 Jan 16
Asylum, migration and security in the European Union will be a major new priority for bloc’s auditors this year.
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11 Jan 16
The European Commission has deemed a Belgian government tax scheme illegal and ordered around €700m to be recovered from the 35 multinational companies who benefited from it.
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8 Jan 16
The European Investment Bank has priced up two of its bonds this week, one of which amounts to the largest ever issue by a supranational institution in the GBP market.
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7 Jan 16
The European Union is to spend €1bn on programmes to support social and economic development in regions on both sides of its external borders.
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7 Jan 16
Increased conflict, new security threats and climate change are rapidly changing the global development landscape, the British aid watchdog has said.
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5 Jan 16
European countries and members of the OECD must pick up the slack in their aid funding to Syria and surrounding countries, UK parliamentarians have said.
29 Jan 16The head of the United Nations’ refugee agency has warned any policies of “control and closure” in Europe to tackle the refugee crisis would be “dangerous”.
29 Jan 16The World Bank is to help Latvia improve the efficiency, equity and competitiveness of its tax system, it was announced yesterday.
28 Jan 16The European Commission has set out new measures to crack down on corporate tax avoidance that seek to push member states to improve coordination of approaches.
28 Jan 16UK government ministers have insisted that arms sales to Saudi Arabia do not undermine international development objectives in Yemen despite charities telling MPs that the positions were incompatible...
27 Jan 16The Danish parliament has voted to pass controversial laws enabling the confiscation of money and valuables from asylum seekers to help pay for their stay in the country.
26 Jan 16The security and stability challenges the European Union faces require closer, better coordinated collective action, according to the commissioner for international cooperation and development.
26 Jan 16The European Commission's response to the financial crisis of the late 2000s was "generally weak", with measures not applied consistently and lacking in thorough scrutiny, auditors have said.
25 Jan 16The UK has pledged £30m in new aid funding to help those arriving in Europe after escaping the brutal conflict in Syria, the country’s international development secretary announced on Friday.
22 Jan 16Economic growth in Moldova “came in surprisingly strong” last year but significant weaknesses and risks remain a concern, the International Monetary Fund has said.
21 Jan 16The UK’s Department for International Development needs to be better placed to ensure value for money in its response to fluid, long-term crises, the country’s public spending watchdog has said.
20 Jan 16The European Commission has ordered Belgium to recover €211m in funding granted to several companies, part of a global steel trading group, after finding that payments breached state aid rules.
20 Jan 16The UK Department for International Development’s overreliance on the international health system meant it failed to heed early warnings about the scale of the Ebola outbreak, British MPs concluded.
19 Jan 16European Union member states that infringe tax-related state aid rules should not be able to keep money they recover in unpaid tax, the European Parliament has called.
14 Jan 16The president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will visit China this week to finalise the country’s membership of the bank.
13 Jan 16The European Commission’s top tax official has said countries have “looked the other way” in the face of serious tax avoidance and pledged to take action this year to improve transparency.
12 Jan 16Asylum, migration and security in the European Union will be a major new priority for bloc’s auditors this year.
11 Jan 16The European Commission has deemed a Belgian government tax scheme illegal and ordered around €700m to be recovered from the 35 multinational companies who benefited from it.
8 Jan 16The European Investment Bank has priced up two of its bonds this week, one of which amounts to the largest ever issue by a supranational institution in the GBP market.
7 Jan 16The European Union is to spend €1bn on programmes to support social and economic development in regions on both sides of its external borders.
5 Jan 16European countries and members of the OECD must pick up the slack in their aid funding to Syria and surrounding countries, UK parliamentarians have said.
