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Riots: Britain's boring thugs and Europe's burning thread

('Metsa Rahimi',) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:23:02 -0000

Don't synonymise the London rioters with the protesting Greeks or Syrians; it is just plain offensive. Yes, Londoners mobilised for four days, but it can't compare to the months of social, political and economic agitation across Europe and the Arab world

Indignant Athens: 'get your tax off my ass'

('Elina Makri',) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:57:42 -0000

I haven't been on the streets for about twenty years, but I can't stand this anymore. I decided to protest after many years because I cannot bare our politicians’ apathy for people’s problems. They just keep on slamming the taxes on us - and that’s all. If politicians really wanted to find solutions for the country they would. One indignant protestor speaks

81 billion pounds later: Brits avoid bankruptcy

('euro topics',) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:02:44 -0000

The British government announced a barrage of drastic austerity measures on 20 October: major cuts in social welfare and almost half a million jobs in the public sector axed. British, Finnish, Danish and Dutch commentators find these public sector cuts, the biggest since world war two, harsh, unfair and extremely dangerous for the economy

Spain, Denmark and Romania 'fat tax' for citizens

('euro topics',) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:04:25 -0000

One popular New Year's resolution is to eat less unhealthy food. Although this tends to be a personal decision, at the start of 2010 the three EU countries are discussing ways to slim down their citizens - or at least swell their coffers

Europe's political scandals: Alicante-gate, MP scandals and Berlusconi

('Andrew Christie',) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0000

Italy's playboy PM, Britain's MP guzzlers and Germany’s 'Minister Shameless' (according to the Berliner Zeitung) are sharing the heat: the lull in the traditional summer silly season has prompted mass media coverage of affairs and scandals

Map: be German to be rich, says Forbes

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0000

How do you become a billionaire exactly? Flee Europe: out of the 1125 billionaires registered by Forbes, barely 20% are of European origin. The others come mainly from the United States (42%), China, India and Russia

Liechtenstein: a paradise’s light is dimming

('Erin Woycik',) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0000

Liechtenstein, the geographical heart of the EU, has 35,000 inhabitants, 70,000 foundations and 110,000 million euros deposited in bank accounts whose owners are anonymous. All this leaves a bad taste in the European mouth

Heide Rühle on Andorra, Gibraltar and Liechtenstein tax havens

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0000

The German politician and member of the European parliament for the European Greens says fiscal paradises threaten the European social model

Tax havens: what is the best policy?

('Susannah Readett-Bayley',) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0000

Exploited by multinational companies to increase profits or by the very rich to pay less tax: tax havens represent the slightly shady side of international finance. How to eliminate them?

Brussels: commissioners play musical chairs

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0000

Frattini and Kyprianou to jump ship? Internal stories of fraud, external stories of fraud and far too few children born in Europe - it's the latest news from the EU capital