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USA Panama Regno Unito
Zero tolerance needed against tax secrecy, says former Panamanian government adviser
Former Panamanian Government advisor Joseph Stiglitz told the EU Parliamentary Committee looking into Money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion (Pana) has suggested that secrecy in tax affairs should be treated like a disease which needs to be isolated.There needs to be a "comprehensive global approach" against secret tax structures, ...
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Malta
Company ordered to award €19,306 compensation to injured worker
Charmaine Baldacchino Said, 39, today was awarded €19,306 in compensation after the injury she sustained while working in a factory, with the court ruling that the company was responsible. Baldacchino Said began working for Dedicated Micros (Malta) Limited in 1996 as a machine operator.In 2008 she began feeling pain in ...
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Malta
INDEPTH: New law to fight corruption in football being drawn up
A new law to fight corruption in football and other sport is being drawn up and is expected to be presented before Parliament shortly, outgoing Malta Football Association secretary general Bjorn Vassallo said.Interviewed by Online Editor Stephen Calleja on INDEPTH, The Malta Independent’s online programme, Mr Vassallo said the law ...
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Francia Panama
France investigating 500 taxpayers after Panama Papers leaks
The French government is investigating the tax records of about 560 taxpayers based on leaked documents from a Panamian law firm.The budget office of the Finance Ministry said Thursday its experts have studied the leaked information and are now digging deeper into 560 specific cases. It didn't identify any of ...
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Malta
Robbery at a shop in Birkirkara, unmasked man makes off with unknown amount of cash
A robbery has taken place this afternoon at a shop in Birkirkara, after an unmasked man made off with an unspecified amount of cash. He was allegedly carrying a sharp object.The incident took place at around 4.15pm, when an unknown man entered the shop and demanded cash from a 20-year-old ...
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Brasile USA
No U.S. Brazil Setbacks Under Trump Says U.S. Consul General
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to Jimmy Story, Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro, relations between the United States and Brazil should suffer no setbacks following the surprising U.S. presidential election victory of business mogul and reality tv star, ...
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USA Germania
Barack Obama incontra Angela Merkel a Berlino, il premier giapponese fa visita a Donald Trump a New York.
Barack Obama incontra Angela Merkel a Berlino, il premier giapponese fa visita a Donald Trump a New York. Nel corso del suo ultimo viaggio internazionale prima di lasciare l’incarico di presidente degli Stati Uniti, Obama incontra oggi la cancelliera Merkel. Alla vigilia del vertice i due leader hanno pubblicato un ...
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Israele
La proposta di legge per legalizzare gli insediamenti ebraici in Cisgiordania arriva al parlamento israeliano.
La proposta di legge per legalizzare gli insediamenti ebraici in Cisgiordania arriva al parlamento israeliano. Si tratta ancora di una lettura preliminare, ma anche solo la discussione della proposta, avanzata dai ministri di estrema destra, ha un enorme significato simbolico e mette in difficoltà l’esecutivo di Benjamin Netanyahu, non solo ...
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India
In India chi vuole cambiare le rupie fuori corso sarà marchiato con inchiostro indelebile.
In India chi vuole cambiare le rupie fuori corso sarà marchiato con inchiostro indelebile. Nei giorni scorsi il governo indiano ha disposto il ritiro delle banconote da 500 e mille rupie per limitare la corruzione e i pagamenti in nero. I cittadini che vogliono cambiare le banconote fuori corso con ...
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Giappone
Panasonic to launch megaphone that can translate on the fly
Panasonic Corp. said Thursday it will start offering in December a megaphone capable of automatically translating Japanese into English, Chinese and Korean in its latest bid to help companies cope with an increase in foreign visitors to Japan. Panasonic hopes the new translation service can be used in places such ...