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New EU rules to curb tax avoidance among giant multinational firms, following Google’s £130m “sweetheart” tax deal with HMRC

The European Commission proposed new guidelines to stop large companies from avoiding tax in EU coun...

Jan 31, 2016 06:41 AM EST

Mcdonald sued by Italian Companies at European Commision

Three Italian consumer organizations, with support from the Service Employees International Union (S...

Jan 14, 2016 11:49 PM EST

European Commission launches probe into Poland's alleged violation of European Union principles and Rule of Law

The probe was set after Poland's Law and Justice nationalist party changed laws to implement vast co...

Jan 14, 2016 01:24 AM EST

European Union Scrutinizes Poland’s Contentious Legal Reforms

Poland's legislative crisis continues as the nation and its legislative body draws scrutiny from the...

Jan 04, 2016 06:14 AM EST

EU preparing to discuss Poland's new legislation

The European Union's powerful executive announced that it would discuss Poland's new legislation. Th...

Jan 04, 2016 03:21 AM EST

Refugee haven Sweden imposes temporary border controls in EU migration crisis

Sweden will impose temporary border controls from Thursday in response to a record influx of refugee...

Nov 12, 2015 03:27 AM EST

Google says an EU antitrust fine would be 'inappropriate'

Google has hit back at EU antitrust regulators' warning of a possible hefty fine, saying this would ...

Nov 03, 2015 09:30 PM EST

'No' shapes Greek history, even when it's not the last word

They defied a vast Persian army in 480 BC, rejected Italy's ultimatum during World War Two and told ...

Oct 28, 2015 01:39 AM EDT

Volkswagen to refit cars affected by emissions scandal

Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) said on Tuesday it will repair up to 11 million vehicles and overhaul its nam...

Sep 29, 2015 07:03 PM EDT

German government denies it knew of diesel rigging

Germany's transport minister denied on Wednesday that he had known about the technology Volkswagen u...

Sep 24, 2015 09:04 AM EDT

EU, U.S. clinch data-sharing deal for security, terrorism cases: document

The European Union and the United States have clinched a deal protecting personal data shared for la...

Sep 07, 2015 12:43 AM EDT

Migrants protest as Hungary shutters Budapest train station

Hundreds of angry migrants demonstrated outside Budapest's Eastern Railway Terminus on Tuesday deman...

Sep 01, 2015 10:20 AM EDT

Google has until August 31 to reply to EU antitrust charges

Google Inc (GOOGL.O), the world's most popular Internet search engine, has been given an extra two w...

Aug 14, 2015 02:01 AM EDT

EU finds no evidence of illegal activity in Apple's music streaming deals: report

Antitrust authorities in Europe failed to find evidence that Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) deals with record ...

Aug 08, 2015 07:38 PM EDT

NATO backs Turkey's fight against Islamic State

NATO offered political support for Turkey's campaign against militants in Syria and Iraq at an emerg...

Jul 28, 2015 07:34 AM EDT

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