EU tax havens blacklist set for end 2017
Photo EU Council (BRUSSELS) – EU finance ministers agreed Tuesday on the criteria and process for establishing an EU list of tax havens, or non-cooperative jurisdictions…

EU on course to reach 2020 target: EEA report

Photo By Patrick Kelley (COPENHAGEN) – Emissions across the European Union in 2015 were 22 per cent lower than 1990 levels, despite a slight increase compared to 2014, according to…

Call for vigilance over bird flu in Europe

Chickens (BRUSSELS) – The European Commission called Tuesday for vigilance by EU Member States’ authorities and Europe’s poultry sector and said bio-security needed to be stepped up on poultry farms.Following…

(BRUSSELS) – The Hungarian advertisement tax is in breach of EU State aid rules, the European Commission has found, because its progressive tax rates grant a selective advantage to certain…