Theresa May: Russia responsible for poisoning ex-spy
From Newsmax In a move that threatens to worsen already tense relations between the Kremlin and the West, Prime Minister Theresa May blamed Russia for poisoning a former spy and his daughter eight days on British soil. May told Parliament…
St Kitts-Nevis, Bahamas and USVI set to be blacklisted by EU
By Youri Kemp From Caribbean News Now BRUSSELS, Belgium — A decision by European Union tax experts to blacklist St Kitts and Nevis, The Bahamas and US Virgin Islands is set to be endorsed by EU finance ministers at a…
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Women empowered through export – launch
Caribbean Export launch WE-XPORT, Supporting Caribbean Women in Business Bridgetown, BARBADOS, March 7, 2018. Caribbean Export is now taking applications from Caribbean women-owned businesses to participate in their newest programme: Women Empowered through Export or WE-Xport. At the Hilton Barbados…
European diplomat says Caribbean women still yet to shatter glass ceiling
From Jamaica Observer BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)— A senior European Union diplomat says while women in the Caribbean have made “outstanding strides” in recent years, they, like their European counterparts are still yet to completely shatter the glass ceiling. In a…
Greece: Tax authorities to cross-check assets abroad
By PROKOPIS HATZINIKOLAOU From ekathimerini.com The Independent Authority for Public Revenue has received detailed information on all the assets – real estate properties, deposits, investments – held by 100,000 Greek taxpayers in 10 other European Union countries. The initiative concerns…
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Caribbean Export launch a new tool to support BSOs
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, February 16, 2018. A new online tool developed by the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) with funding from the European Union has been launched. The SME Diagnostic Tool was developed to assist CARIFORUM SMEs increase their export…
Former Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore gets 18-month sentence for tax fraud
From Urdupoint Rome, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 11th Feb, 2018 ):Flamboyant Italian tycoon and former boss of the Benetton and Renault F1 racing teams Flavio Briatore was Saturday sentenced on appeal to 18 months in jail for tax…
Jamaica: Senator Johnson Smith to preside over council of ACP states
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, will preside over the Council of Ministers of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States for the next six months. Johnson Smith’s tenure, which began…
CARIFORUM states to build capacity to respond to drug problem
From Caribbean News Now KINGSTOWN, St Vincent — Representatives of the Forum of Caribbean States (CARIFORUM) will hold technical discussions on the seventh round of the multilateral evaluation mechanism (MEM) process on February 7, 2017, in St Vincent and the…
Kabul attack: Taliban kill 95 with ambulance bomb in Afghan capital
From BBC A suicide bombing has killed at least 95 people and injured 158 others in the centre of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, officials say. Attackers drove an ambulance laden with explosives past a police checkpoint in a secure zone, home…
