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The proposed set of punitive measures targets Russia's financial and energy sectors in response to President Vladimir Putin’s refusal to agree to an unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine.

MEPs on Tuesday adopted suggestions for reforms to the tax architecture to boost competitiveness while continuing to address tax avoidance and evasion.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Subcommittee on Tax Matters

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MEPs on Tuesday adopted suggestions for reforms to the tax architecture to boost competitiveness while continuing to address tax avoidance and evasion.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Subcommittee on Tax Matters

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

MEPs raise alarm over media intimidation, political retaliation, and democratic backsliding, drawing parallels with Hungary’s trajectory.

In February 2022 a spreadsheet containing the names and details of almost 19,000 Afghans who had asked to be relocated to Britain was accidentally leaked by a UK official, the UK defence minister said on Tuesday.

The Commission has previously raised concerns over the rule-of-law implications of the legislation.

Prosecutors allege that Ali S. in June gathered intelligence on three Jewish sites in Berlin, possibly in preparation for future attacks.

One of the major questions hanging over the new plan is how fast it can get desperately needed weaponry to Ukraine as it faces nightly Russian bombardments.

Among processed meats, only “bacon” is included in the list of protected names.

Two Yemeni men had argued that Germany was partly responsible for a 2012 drone attack because the strike was aided by signals relayed via the Ramstein base in western Germany.

Ignacio Sánchez Recarte, secretary general of wine lobby CEEV, said "there is no political, strategic or economic interest" for involving the alcoholic beverage in the transatlantic trade spat.

US President Donald Trump has adopted a harsher tone vis-à-vis Russia. He announced on Monday that Ukraine is to be equipped with Nato-financed US weapons, including Patriot missiles, and that if an agreement to end the war wasn't reached within 50 days, Washington will impose punitive tariffs of up to 100 percent on Russia and its trading partners. Europe's press takes a look at the potential impact of this new rhetoric.

Hundreds of migrants arrive on the Greek island of Crete via Libya every day. The Greek government has now decided to suspend processing of the asylum applications of refugees arriving by boat for an initial period of three months. New arrivals are to be 'arrested and detained,' Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced. In addition, a detention camp for migrants is to be set up on the island. The national press is of two minds about the initiative.