During the presentation of the European Commission´s corruption report on 3 February, the Commissioner Malmstroem stated that the extent of corruption in the EU is “breathtaking” and costs every year at least a year´s budget of the Union, that is €120 billion. The long-awaited complex report by the ...

A group of deputies proposed the Bill on General Referendum. The Bill should stipulate under which conditions the referendum may be held, affairs that may be decided by voters in the referendum, and the formal, legal procedure in which the referendum is held. An initiative should precede the refere...

During a Competition Forum in Brussels, Commissioner Joaquín Almunia said the Commission would investigate certain Member States´ corporate tax legislations. Some recent corporate tax laws modifications by Member States have led to legal tax avoidance by corporations. As corporations profit from the...

On 11 February, the heads of the Greek Cypriot Republic and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (not generally recognized) held a symbolic meeting in the island´s “no man´s zone” to start a new round of negotiations on Cypriot reunification. The Joint Declaration adopted by the leaders contains ...