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EU Justice Scoreboard 2017: justice systems becoming more effective, but challenges remain
April 13th, 2017
The European Commission publishes the 2017 EU Justice Scoreboard which gives a comparative overview of the efficiency, quality and independence of justice systems in the EU Member States. Its aim is to assist national authorities to improve the effectiveness of ...
European Union and Norway agree on free trade of agricultural products
April 11th, 2017
The European Union and Norway came to an agreement which will facilitate bilateral trade in agricultural products, allowing EU exporters to reinforce their position on their 8th largest export market for agricultural products. Commissioner for agriculture, Phil Hogan, today ...
The decline and fall of the EU
April 11th, 2017
This article identifies the headwinds faced by the EU in the wake of Brexit. Without the UK, not only does the EU lose much of its importance on the world stage, but the Commission’s budget is left with an ...
EU auditors seek standard definitions
April 5th, 2017
The European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Social Fund together are expected to provide some €350bn (£300bn) between 2014 and 2020, about one third of the EU budget. The auditors examined whether the Commission had ...
Bats Launches New Benchmark Indices for Ten European Markets
April 4th, 2017
Bats Europe (Bats), a CBOE Holdings, Inc. company and the region’s largest equities exchange operator, today announced the launch of new benchmark indices for ten additional European markets. Bats now offers real-time, high-quality and low-cost alternatives to those provided ...
What’s next for Europe and Natural Gas
March 30th, 2017
In recent years we have seen countless proposals for projects to deliver natural gas to Europe and ease the European Union’s dependence on Russian gas. Attempts to diversify the EU’s energy supplies have produced various plans for pipelines. But amid ...
Europe’s top court will begin a landmark case today
March 30th, 2017
Europe’s top court will begin a landmark case today (30 March) that could determine whether luxury goods companies can stop retailers from selling their products via marketplaces such as Amazon or eBay. Owners of luxury brands have been fighting ...
Deutsche Bank and its UK subsidiary to pay $775 million penalty
March 29th, 2017
DB Group Services (UK) Limited (DBGS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG (Deutsche Bank), was sentenced today for its role in manipulating London Interbank Offered Rates (LIBOR) for U.S. Dollar and several other currencies. LIBOR is a ...
European banks stashing billions in tax havens
March 27th, 2017
Europe’s largest banks are draining public coffers by stashing billions of profits offshore. A 52-page report, by international aid agency Oxfam out on Monday (27 March), estimates €25 billion of banker money ended up in tax havens in 2015. ...
E-commerce: EU-wide rules to protect consumers better and stop rogue traders
March 23rd, 2017
New powers for national authorities to check whether e-commerce websites geo-block consumers, track down rogue traders or even, subject to safeguards inserted by MEPs, order that websites hosting scams be shut down, were approved by the Internal Market and ...
