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EU lawyers admit that £92billion Brexit Bill is impossible to enforce

08/05/2017(0)
EU lawyers admit that £92billion Brexit Bill is impossible to enforce and warn Eurocrats against attempting to make the UK pay the massive bill EU officials  were told they ... Read More
Maternity Leave

European Commission to set paternity leave rules

27/04/2017(0)
Commission readies new parental leave rules to replace axed maternity bill Two years after the European Commission scrapped its own proposal for new EU maternity leave rules, the EU ... Read More
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Lloyd’s of London moving EU business to Brussels after Article 50 triggered, according to reports

31/03/2017(0)
As the UK waits for Theresa May to trigger Article 50 and kick off the Brexit process, Lloyd’s of London has reportedly come to a decision on where to ... Read More
Police And Security Forces Patrol The City After Zaventem Airport And Brussels Metro Station Targeted By Deadly Bomb Blasts

E.U. Includes U.S. on List of Potential Tax Havens

06/02/2017(0)
The European Commission views the United States as a potential tax haven, according to a draft list of 90 countries that Brussels views as problematic. Countries on the list, ... Read More
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ACCA-Grant Thornton: Auditors need to adapt and constantly innovate

24/11/2016(0)
There are challenges ahead and the profession has a choice of embracing them or being left behind – were the main conclusions of a joint ACCA-Grant Thornton conference recently ... Read More
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EU-Canada trade deal in shambles with Belgium’s arbitration revision demand

31/10/2016(0)
The crumbling free trade deal between the European Union and Canada may hit another roadblock, even though Brussels managed to find a way out of an impasse with its ... Read More
Apple-Ireland

U.S. Warns Apple Tax Probe in Europe Could Set ‘Undesirable Precedent’

25/08/2016(0)
Just weeks before the European Commission is expected to make a decision in its landmark Apple tax probe, the U.S. Treasury department has criticized the Brussels-based body for “threatening international ... Read More
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Is this the end of Bitcoin anonymity? EU plans database of Bitcoin Users

28/07/2016(0)
The European Commission is proposing the creation of a database that will hold information on those using virtual currencies and that will record data on the users’ real-world identity, along ... Read More
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Facebook wins privacy case, can now track any Belgian it wants

01/07/2016(0)
In a somewhat unexpected twist, Facebook has won a legal battle against Belgium’s data protection authority, which had sought to prevent Facebook from tracking non-Facebook (or not-logged-into-Facebook) users, both ... Read More
David Cameron

Cameron Heads to Last Supper in Brussels Amid Impasse in London

28/06/2016(0)
Two-day EU summit to consider first steps after U.K. vote British influence in bloc has waned even before talks start U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron is set to face ... Read More
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