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G8 summit mulls action on tax evasion
The world's rich economies said they would take a tougher stance on fighting money laundering and tax evasion but promised little in the way of specific new action at the end of a two-day summit yesterday (18 June).

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The Lithuanian EU Presidency - ‘A fresh Baltic breeze’
Lithuania, a country of 3.2 million which joined the EU in 2004, will assume its first presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July. Lithuania considers itself one of the most successful countries to overcome the economic and financial crisis and to return to sustained recovery and growth. It is the first Baltic country to take the EU stint.

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MasterCard chief: 'New card rules could discriminate'
The European Commission is poised to publish new payments rules covering ‘interchange’ fees, which are charged on card transactions. These could unfairly hit Visa and MasterCard, leaving rivals American Express and Paypal unfair market advantage, says the president of MasterCard Europe.

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OPINIONS

Greece's governing coalition in a game of chicken
The latest meeting of the three leaders of Greece's coalition government over the aftermath of the unprecedented decision to shut down ERT, the country's public broadcaster, will not necessarily lead to elections, although no one could rule this out, writes Yiannis Roubatis

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Directive on Payment Accounts: the wrong road to universal services in banking
By Simon Lelieveldt In the first weeks of May this year, the European Commission announced a proposal for a Directive on Bank Accounts that will foc..

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Airbus, Boeing in long-haul race to market green aircraft - 19 June 2013 - News

Aviation superpowers Airbus and Boeing are battling to dominate the transcontinental jet market, each vowing to outdo the other in delivering quieter, more fuel-efficient aircraft. EurActiv reports from the Paris Air Show.

EU carbon market in 'freefall' after backloading vote - 25 January 2013 - News

EU carbon prices briefly slid 40% to a record low after politicians opposed plans to support the market, raising concerns prices could hit zero and sending a warning to European governments to pull together in lowering carbon emissions.

Airlines pocketed €1.36bn from EU carbon scheme: Report - 22 January 2013 - News

Airlines profited up to €1.36 billion last year by passing “imaginary” costs from the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) onto consumers, says a study by a Dutch environmental consultancy published today (22 January).

Australia to join EU's emissions trading system - 28 August 2012 - News

Australia will scrap its planned floor price for carbon emissions and will link directly with the European Union's emissions trading system by 2018, Climate Change Minister Greg Combet said today (28 August).

Global airlines press EU for cease-fire in emissions dispute - 11 June 2012 - News

Global airlines today (11 June) urged the European Union to defuse an international emissions row as a group of nations led by China, the United States and India kept up their opposition to EU plans to force carriers to join a carbon trading scheme.

EU threatens China, India over airline emissions - 15 May 2012 - News

The European Commission today (15 May) gave defiant Chinese and Indian airlines one month to report their carbon emissions after they failed to meet their deadline, expanding a transcontinental feud over the EU’s Emissions Trading System.

Parliament shoots down Commission’s energy tax plan - 20 April 2012 - News

Conservatives in the European Parliament delivered a setback for European Commission plans to erase tax benefits for diesel fuel, saying that a period of austerity and high fuel costs is not the time for such moves.

Air industry raises warnings over EU emissions charge - 13 February 2012 - News

Airbus joined a chorus of concern that a European scheme to charge airlines for carbon emissions risks triggering a full-blown trade war, with implications for aircraft deals and even Europe's crippling sovereign debt crisis.

Lufthansa plans to charge customers for ETS - 02 January 2012 - News

Germany's biggest airline will pass on to its customers an expected €130 million in costs for carbon permits it needs this year under a new European Union emissions trading system (ETS).

US voices ‘objections’ to EU aviation emissions ruling - 22 December 2011 - News

The US government denounced yesterday (21 December) a decision by Europe's highest court giving unreserved backing to an EU law to charge airlines for carbon emissions on flights to and from Europe, saying the case was not resolved.

Europe's CO2 emissions growing with the economy - 28 February 2011 - News

Europe's CO2 emissions picked up speed as the continent's economies emerged from recession in 2010, finishing 2-4% higher than a year before, market analysis seen by EurActiv indicates.

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