Acts and discrimination of a racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, homophobic and anti-Roma nature continue to take place in the EU, while speeches and programmes spreading hate and intolerance are promoted by extremist leaders whose parties have gained parliamentary representation in some EU Member States. (Read more...)

Acts and discrimination of a racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, homophobic and anti-Roma nature continue to take place in the EU, while speeches and programmes spreading hate and intolerance are promoted by extremist leaders whose parties have gained parliamentary representation in some EU Member States. (Read more...)

Most EU countries are increasing their tax rates and removing tax exemptions because of the economic crisis. It is not acceptable that tax evasion and tax fraud are strongly decreasing the capacity of Member States to increase revenues. (Read more...)

Most EU countries are increasing their tax rates and removing tax exemptions because of the economic crisis. It is not acceptable that tax evasion and tax fraud are strongly decreasing the capacity of Member States to increase revenues. (Read more...)

Chin State in western Burma/Myanmar is one of the most remote and inaccessible parts of the country. In 2011 the United Nations Development Programme, working in cooperation with the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Swedish International Development Agency, found that Chin State remains the poorest of the 14 regions and states in Burma/Myanmar, with 73.3 per cent of the population living below the poverty line. (Read more...)