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David Cameron defends 'entirely standard practice' of offshore investments

Addressing MPs for the first time since the Panama Papers leak, the British leader sought to defuse the controversy surrounding his own tax affairs.

Europe News

EU regulators mull new tax rules for major firms

EU regulators are mulling new rules on tax avoidance by major multinationals amid the fallout from the Panama Papers. Proposed legislation will be

World News

David Cameron releases tax returns in bid for transparency after Panama Papers leaks

David Cameron has released a summary of his tax returns from the last six years. Amongst other details, they show the British Prime Minister paid

World News

Protesters call for David Cameron to resign

UK PM vows to learn the lessons of the last week

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El Salvador

Police raid offices of Mossack Fonseca in El Salvador

Police in El Salvador have raided the local offices of Mossack Fonseca, the company exposed in the Panama Papers leaks. Officials said they were

Iceland

Icelandic government survives no-confidence vote as protesters continue call for government to resign

Iceland’s government survived a no confidence vote on Friday. It was put forward by the opposition after revelations from the leaked “Panama Papers”

World

David Cameron: a question of trust

Iceland's prime minister was the first head to roll after the Panama Papers leak, David Cameron must now be wondering if he can weather the media storm and win back the public's trust.

Economy

Europe Weekly: Panama Papers and Ukraine referendum

The Panama Papers leaks had implications for politicians across Europe – from those whose names came up in the dossiers, to those who had already

World News

Will the Panama Papers affect the UK referendum result?

Concerns the outcry over offshore accounts will play into the anti-EU narrative ahead of the vote in June

World News

Calls for Argentine president to quit after 'Panama Papers' revelations

Protesters in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires have been calling for the country’s president Mauricio Macrito step down after the so-called Panama

Iceland

Iceland: protesters call for more resignations as government forms new Cabinet

The new prime minister of Iceland, Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, has formed his Cabinet. The handover from the previous cabinet took place at two State

United Kingdom

Cameron admits selling shares in father's offshore company

The British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he and his wife did own shares in an offshore trust run by his late father. Blairmore Holdings was

Iceland

Iceland announces snap election as temporary leader takes over

The fallout from the Panama Papers has left Iceland with a new prime minister and the prospect of snap elections. Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson has been chosen to lead th

Iceland

Not a resignation - Iceland PM says he's just 'stepped aside' for 'unspecified' time

The Prime Minister of Iceland’s office has issued a press release stating that prime minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson has not resigned. Rather

Ukraine

Ukraine: Poroshenko denies tax-dodging in 'Panama Papers' leak

Confectionery tycoon turned President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, one of the most high-profile names in the ‘Panama Papers’ data leak, is

Iceland

'Panama Papers' push Iceland's PM to resign

Iceland’s under pressure prime minister,Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson has tendered his resignation after his family’s offshore investments were revealed in

Germany

International finance chiefs call for transparency following offshore scandal

More transparency is called for by financial chiefs Reforms were already underway Panama Papers are a media witch hunt Transparency and reform –

United Kingdom

British PM denies any offshore interests

British Prime Minister David Cameron has denied he or his family gain any additional income from offshore funds. #panamapapers leak spells the 'end

World News

FIFA chief, Gianni Infantino, dragged into Panama Papers scandal

He was elected as head of FIFA with a promise to clean up football’s world governing body. Yet files seen by the Guardian newspapers in the Panama

World

Panama Papers: the inside story

How a year-long investigation by some 370 journalists from nearly 80 countries unveiled the secret financial dealings of the world's rich and powerful.