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Brief from Brussels: Belgium-Spain rift over Catalonia

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EU discusses tax haven blacklist

'Paradise Papers' leaks believed to have brought forward discussions

United Kingdom

Paradise Papers: Jeremy Corbyn suggests Queen should apologise

Paradise Papers: UK's opposition leader, Jeremy Corbyn has implied that Queen Elizabeth II should apologise after investing millions offshore.

World News

What are the Paradise Papers and why are they significant?

Is it right for a rich person to hide their money abroad to avoid paying taxes?

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World News

'Paradise Papers' reveal tax haven secrets of the rich

A huge leak of financial documents reveal how the world's super-rich protect their wealth

USA

US commerce secretary's links to Putin's circle exposed

Leaked documents obtained bc NBC News indicate Wilbur Ross did not reveal business dealings with senior Russian figures.

World News

Use of tax havens by European banks revealed

Oxfam concluded that 20 major European banks make a quarter of their profits, or 25 billion euros in low tax jurisdictions.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: ex-EU commissioner under fire over corporate links

This is the Brief from Brussels, a daily roundup from Europe’s de facto political capital.

Europe News

Ex-EU official Kroes under pressure over Bahamas directorship

Just two months after its former president joined Goldman Sachs, the European Commission has been caught up in another corporate scandal.

Bahamas

The Bahamas Leak explained

What is Bahamas Leaks and how big it is?

Ireland

EU vs Apple: A fair whack or a made up number?

The European Commission’s demand that Ireland collect €13 billion in back taxes from Ireland has polarised opinion.

Europe News

EU launches official one-year inquiry into Panama Papers scandal

The inquiry committee will have 65 members and will report back in one year

Economy

How abolishing taxes saved a dying Hungarian village

A world away from Panama, the sleepy eastern Hungarian village of Komlóska has become a kind of tax haven to survive, eliminating local taxes to bring in more than 100 companies.

United Kingdom

Cameron: who said what and when

UK Prime Minister admits he did not handle the Panama Papers revelation well

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

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

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

World News

Panama papers a 'western effort to weaken Russia' - Putin

The documents leaked from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca name Putin's friend Sergei Roldugin as the owner of two offshore companies involved in some suspicious transactions.

Economy

'Panama Papers': UK banks told to declare dealings with Mossack Fonseca

UK banks and financial institution are being asked to check whether they’ve done business with the company named in the 'Panama Papers' scandal.

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