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Nowhere is safe: France will hunt for tax cheating on social media
November 12th, 2018
France’s tax inspectors will begin searching through social media accounts in 2019 in order to fight against tax evasion, Budget Minister Gerald Darmanin said in an interview. “(The fiscal administration) will be able to see that if you have ...
Volume of retail trade unchanged in euro area; In Ireland, Latvia and Estonia the highest increases
November 9th, 2018
In September 2018 compared with August 2018, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade remained unchanged in the euro area (EA19) and decreased by 0.1% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European ...
EU needs single anti-money laundering authority, says thinktank
November 5th, 2018
The European Union should set up a single anti-money laundering (AML) authority with the power to levy big fines to tackle the stream of scandals across member states, Brussels-based thinktank Bruegal has said in a new report. The thinktank ...
Euro area unemployment at 8.1% in September 2018; In Czechia, Germany and Poland the lowest rates
November 2nd, 2018
The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 8.1% in September 2018, stable compared with August 2018 and down from 8.9% in September 2017. This remains the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since November 2008. The EU28 ...
The biggest of big pictures
October 26th, 2018
I have had a request from Mrs Macleod to write down in simple terms what on earth is going on in the world, and why is it that I think gold is so important in this context. She-who-must-be-obeyed ...
Beware: 7 most common online financial scams
October 23rd, 2018
Europol and the European Banking Federation launch awareness campaign on 7 most common online financial scams. Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), the European Banking Federation and their partners from the public and private sector are kicking off today the ...
Annual inflation up to 2.1% in the euro area
October 22nd, 2018
The Euro area annual inflation rate was 2.1% in September 2018, up from 2.0% in August. A year earlier, the rate was 1.5%. European Union annual inflation was 2.2% in September 2018, stable compared to August. A year earlier, the ...
Suspects arrested in international action against large-scale VAT fraud
October 15th, 2018
During a joint action day in seven EU Member States, an international organised crime group was tackled, involved in large-scale VAT fraud with a damage of more than EUR 20 million, related to sales of second-hand vehicles. At the ...
ESMA highlights progress on MiFID II implementation
October 12th, 2018
Steven Maijoor, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), has delivered the following statement to the Economic & Monetary Affair Committee (ECON) at the European Parliament as part of the annual hearing of the chairs of the ...
House prices in the euro area rose; These are the countries with the highest increases
October 9th, 2018
House prices, as measured by the House Price Index, rose by 4.3% in both the euro area and the EU in the second quarter of 2018 compared with the same quarter of the previous year. These figures come from ...
