News Articles for "EUROPEAN UNION"
EU steps up fight against tax evasion by end 2013
The European Union's leaders took a major step in tackling tax-dodgers Wednesday by pushing to end bank secrecy across the bloc's 27 members by the end of...
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Japan's trade deficit hits $8.6B due to weaker yen
Japan's trade deficit widened to a larger-than-expected 879.9 billion yen ($8.6 billion) in April as its weakening currency accentuated surging import cos...
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Top officials call to overhaul euro institutions
Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region manage...
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Study reveals scale of gay abuse in EU countries
A quarter of the gay population in European Union countries say they have been attacked or threatened with violence in the past five years, according to a ...
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