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28 Apr 16
Nigeria has urged the World Bank to help ensure the swift repatriation of $320m in stolen Nigerian funds currently being held in Switzerland.
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26 Apr 16
The European Commission has proposed an additional €414m to alleviate food crises sparked across the globe by a strong El Niño.
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25 Apr 16
The European Union is to deliver a €105m grant to Nepal, pledged in June last year, a few months after the small Asian nation was hit by a devastating earthquake.
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25 Apr 16
Over twenty more nations will share details on the true owners of secretive companies after joining up to the anti-tax evasion initiative headed by Europe’s five largest economies.
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22 Apr 16
The historic climate change agreement reached in Paris last December has been formally ratified at the United Nations today, marking the first step towards putting the deal into practice.
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19 Apr 16
The European Commission is not strict enough in enforcing rules intended to keep the bloc’s public finances in order, the European Court of Auditors has found.
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15 Apr 16
Spain’s industry, energy and tourism minister resigned this morning after his alleged links to an offshore company were exposed in the Panama Papers.
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15 Apr 16
The five largest European economies have agreed on new “hammer blow” measures to crackdown on tax evasion in response to the Panama Papers.
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12 Apr 16
The European Commission today unveiled plans to force tax avoidance by large multinational corporations into the open, after toughening up its proposals in the wake of the Panama Papers.
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11 Apr 16
European Union aid aimed at encouraging regional integration in Africa is poorly managed and badly targeted, according to the by the European Centre for Development Policy Management.
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8 Apr 16
The European Commission has announced plans to modernise and simplify the EU-wide VAT system, make it more fraud proof, and hand greater control of the tax back to member states.
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7 Apr 16
There is “no adequate data” to demonstrate that European Union support for farmers’ incomes makes an effective or efficient contribution, the European Court of Auditors has said.
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6 Apr 16
The European Commission has announced a €100m development package to address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement in Sudan.
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5 Apr 16
Germany may be a bright spot in the otherwise weak global recovery but challenges, in particular the effective integration of refugees, nevertheless lie ahead, according to the OECD.
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5 Apr 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has reiterated calls for a multifaceted approach to counter the weakening global economy amid warnings it is becoming stuck in a “new...
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4 Apr 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has dismissed allegations that the fund is trying to push Greece to default as “simply nonsense” in a letter to Greek prime minister...
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4 Apr 16
Portugal has missed its 2015 fiscal deficit target and looks set to remain under the European Union’s excessive deficit corrective measures as a result, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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4 Apr 16
Ukraine’s economy could turn around from a 10% contraction last year to 1% growth this year if the government can make progress on reforms, the World Bank has said.
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22 Mar 16
Poland’s economy has made “remarkable progress” over the last 20 years and living standards are now converging with those in other high-income countries, however, the OECD said wide-ranging tax...
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17 Mar 16
The European Union’s migration spending in “neighbourhood” countries has been uncoordinated, thinly spread and "struggling to demonstrate its effectiveness”, the European Court of Auditors has found...
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16 Mar 16
The “shameless” practice of shifting profits to tax havens is rife among France’s ‘big five’ banks, a report published today by Oxfam and two French charities has found.
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10 Mar 16
Stabilising public finances and tackling poverty and inequality in Greece are crucial for the debt-laden country’s emergence from crisis, the OECD has stressed.
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9 Mar 16
The European Council has announced it will support a directive strengthening European Union rules to prevent corporate tax avoidance.
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8 Mar 16
Eurozone finance ministers have urged Greece to put in “extra effort” in implementing economic reforms, as it was announced that Cyprus would be dispensing with International Monetary Fund support...
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7 Mar 16
Reforming Serbia’s expensive public sector will be key to accelerating the country’s accession to the European Union, the World Bank regional vice president has said.