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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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21 Jan 16
The European Commission has announced €77m in funding for the Horn of Africa, with aid reaching Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.
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21 Jan 16
Canada has the highest proportion of women among its senior central government officials of all the G20 countries, followed by Australia, South Africa, the UK and Brazil, according to research from...
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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 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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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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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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4 Jan 16
Reforms intended to end the need for taxpayers to bail out crisis-hit eurozone banks came into effect on 1 January.
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16 Dec 15
A European border and coastguard agency will be established to police the region’s external borders in a bid to better manage the refugee crisis, the European Commission has announced.
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15 Dec 15
Public infrastructure investment has fallen in nearly half of regions across the European Union since 2010, with projects in large cities hit hardest, a report by the EU’s Committee of the Regions...
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15 Dec 15
Auditors have warned that European Union member states’ energy supplies remain insecure and increasingly vulnerable as the region starts to move towards a greener future.
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11 Dec 15
European countries may not have taken advantage of opportunities to improve their tax and benefit systems that arose from the financial crisis, a UK think-tank has said.
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10 Dec 15
The European Union and San Marino have signed a “landmark” tax transparency agreement, which the European Commission said marks the end of bank secrecy between the two.
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9 Dec 15
A “high ambition coalition” consisting of more than 100 countries has called for a climate deal that is both as strong as possible and legally binding.
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9 Dec 15
Men still dominate central banks and finance ministries throughout Europe, with only one in 25 top jobs held by women, the European Institute for Gender Equality has found.
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3 Dec 15
The European Commission is to investigate a suspected ‘sweetheart’ tax deal between Luxembourg and the fast-food multinational.
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2 Dec 15
The European Union is to devote more than half a billion euros to managing the Syrian refugee crisis and supporting the Middle Eastern countries where many have fled.
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27 Nov 15
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a suite of corporate tax reforms that will ensure multinational companies pay taxes where profits are made and increase transparency.
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25 Nov 15
Eight out of ten Europeans think there should be a legal clampdown on tax havens, a pan-European poll commissioned by 24 NGOs has found.
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23 Nov 15
Unemployment, underemployment and low productivity risk becoming permanent features of the European economy, the UK-based Institute for Public Policy Research has warned.
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19 Nov 15
Refugees, hospitals and infrastructure projects are among the beneficiaries of over €12bn worth of new loans from the European Investment Bank.
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.
21 Jan 16The European Commission has announced €77m in funding for the Horn of Africa, with aid reaching Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.
21 Jan 16Canada has the highest proportion of women among its senior central government officials of all the G20 countries, followed by Australia, South Africa, the UK and Brazil, according to research from...
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 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...
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.
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.
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.
4 Jan 16Reforms intended to end the need for taxpayers to bail out crisis-hit eurozone banks came into effect on 1 January.
16 Dec 15A European border and coastguard agency will be established to police the region’s external borders in a bid to better manage the refugee crisis, the European Commission has announced.
15 Dec 15Public infrastructure investment has fallen in nearly half of regions across the European Union since 2010, with projects in large cities hit hardest, a report by the EU’s Committee of the Regions...
15 Dec 15Auditors have warned that European Union member states’ energy supplies remain insecure and increasingly vulnerable as the region starts to move towards a greener future.
11 Dec 15European countries may not have taken advantage of opportunities to improve their tax and benefit systems that arose from the financial crisis, a UK think-tank has said.
9 Dec 15A “high ambition coalition” consisting of more than 100 countries has called for a climate deal that is both as strong as possible and legally binding.
9 Dec 15Men still dominate central banks and finance ministries throughout Europe, with only one in 25 top jobs held by women, the European Institute for Gender Equality has found.
3 Dec 15The European Commission is to investigate a suspected ‘sweetheart’ tax deal between Luxembourg and the fast-food multinational.
2 Dec 15The European Union is to devote more than half a billion euros to managing the Syrian refugee crisis and supporting the Middle Eastern countries where many have fled.
25 Nov 15Eight out of ten Europeans think there should be a legal clampdown on tax havens, a pan-European poll commissioned by 24 NGOs has found.
23 Nov 15Unemployment, underemployment and low productivity risk becoming permanent features of the European economy, the UK-based Institute for Public Policy Research has warned.
