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5th December 2014 / Politics / Digital Agenda

Politics: JHA Council discusses Data Protection

On 5 and 6 December in Brussels, the justice and interior ministers of the EU held a meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council. Perhaps the most important issue on the agenda was the proposed Data Protection Regulation. The ministers reached an agreement on a partial general approach, that is ...

2nd December 2014 / Politics / Tax & Finance

Politics: MEP Tomáš Zdechovský: EU needs ‘Taxparency’ solution to fight tax evasion

The LuxLeaks case reminded Europe that it needs to deal with tax evasion which costs the EU budget billions of euros. A group of lawyers and economists put forward the so-called ‘Taxparency’ solution and believe they can gather political support. “We have already presented it to Mr. Juncker, and he...

26th November 2014 / Politics / Trade and Investment

Politics: Czech cooperation with Israel

On 25th November governments of the Czech Republic and of Israel held their second joint meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. Czech delegation was led by Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Science, Research and Innovations Pavel Bělobrádek, Minister of Def...