European Commission proposes measures against tax fraud and evasion
Minimum sanctions for tax crimes, a cross-border tax identification number, a European Union tax-payer’s charter and stronger common measures against tax
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Month: June 2012
OECD warns that euro zone crisis is hurting immigration
The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, reports Europe’s economic crisis is taking a toll on immigration, cutting
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Human Rights Watch asks Bulgaria to denounce calls to stone gays
Human Rights Watch asked Bulgaria’s Justice Minister Diana Kovacheva to denounce an orthodox priest’s calls that anyone participating in the
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Bulgaria moves to grant refugees EU resident status
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on June 27 amendments to the Foreigners Act that will give refugees and other beneficiaries of international
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Bulgarian Development Bank has 200 million leva to lend to SMEs – report
Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) had secured 200 million leva that it hoped to lend to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
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Bulgarian among 24 arrested in international operation against ‘carding’ group
A Bulgarian was among 24 people arrested in a major international operation against a “carding” scheme, offences in which the
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Key European leaders call for tighter financial control
Key European leaders are calling for much tighter central control of spending by the 17 countries that use the euro
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Russia Watch: Putin the Permissive and Russian football hooligans
The world may indeed be flat. Several thousand Russians recently traveled to the western edge of their country – and
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Erdogan warns Damascus of Turkey’s ‘wrath’
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ratcheting up the pressure on Syria over the shooting down of a Turkish
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