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The next meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will take place on Monday, 30 May 2016, from 15.00 - 18.30 in meeting room ASP - A3G-3.

Representatives of NGOs as well as other organisations are requested to accede to the EU Transparency Register and follow the procedures therein for access to the European Parliament.
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The European Commission's proposal for automatic exchange of corporate tax information among national tax authorities was welcomed by Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs on Tuesday as a positive step in the fight against aggressive corporate tax planning. But MEPs also advocated adding further safeguards in the text to ensure that competition in the single market is not distorted by advantageous national tax deals with multinationals.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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The European Commission's proposal for automatic exchange of corporate tax information among national tax authorities was welcomed by Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs on Tuesday as a positive step in the fight against aggressive corporate tax planning. But MEPs also advocated adding further safeguards in the text to ensure that competition in the single market is not distorted by advantageous national tax deals with multinationals.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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The European Commission's proposal for automatic exchange of corporate tax information among national tax authorities was welcomed by Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs on Tuesday as a positive step in the fight against aggressive corporate tax planning. But MEPs also advocated adding further safeguards in the text to ensure that competition in the single market is not distorted by advantageous national tax deals with multinationals.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2016 - EP

The European Commission's proposal for automatic exchange of corporate tax information among national tax authorities was welcomed by Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs on Tuesday as a positive step in the fight against aggressive corporate tax planning. But MEPs also advocated adding further safeguards in the text to ensure that competition in the single market is not distorted by advantageous national tax deals with multinationals.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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Human rights: attack in Lahore, murders in Honduras, abductions in Nigeria

Parliament condemns the attack in Gulshani-Iqbal Park in Lahore, Pakistan, on 27 March 2016, which killed more than 73 people and injured at least 300; recent murders of human rights defenders in Honduras, in particular Berta Caceres, Nelson Garcia and Paola Barraza; and worsening security and human rights in Nigeria, in separate resolutions voted on Thursday.
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Pakistan, in particular the attack in Lahore
Honduras: situation of human rights defenders
Nigeria
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Looming hunger crisis in southern Africa: aid agencies should receive sufficient funding, say DROI and DEVE Chairs.

Elena Valenciano, Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights in the EP, and Linda McAvan, Chair of the Committee on Development in the European Parliament (EP), on the worrying situation in southern Africa:

"No fewer than six countries in southern Africa (South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Zambia) are facing a major crisis due to the worst southern African drought in decades. According to the World Food Programme (WPF) over 10 million people across the region will need food aid in the coming year. The WFP estimates that more than 30 million people are currently food insecure and the WFP believes that these numbers are still going to grow. Full statement - see link below.

Press Release
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European Parliament Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, Elena Valenciano (S&D, ES) on the situation in Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria:

"I am deeply concerned about the civilians in Yarmouk who are once again suffering extreme shortages of food and clean water. Some 6,000 civilian families are continuing to experience a situation of danger, trapped in the intense fighting taking place in the camp between extremist armed groups which since April 6 has been preventing UNRWA from carrying out humanitarian missions to support the population in the Yarmouk-Yalda area.

Full statement - see link below

Press statement
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Links between foreign investment in agricultural land in third countries and the rights of local populations, the need for a multi stakeholders approach and mechanisms to protect indigenous peoples were among the issues raised in the Human Rights Subcommittee's hearing on human rights defenders and land-grabbing issues on Wednesday afternoon, 20 April. For the full statement please see link below.
Press statement
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Seitdem die letzte Runde der Verhandlungen über das Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Ende Februar in Brüssel beendet wurde, forciert vor allem die US-Seite das Tempo. Dabei sah es in den vergangenen Monaten eher so aus, als hätten es die USA mit dem Abschluss des Freihandelsabkommens nicht eilig. Gemeinsam mit der EU-Kommission möchte die US-Handelsbehörde nun aber bis zum Sommer Kernprobleme des Abkommens lösen. Dies soll eine Einigung »im Grundsatz« bis Ende 2016 ermöglichen. Den optimistischen Ankündigungen lässt die US-Seite auch Taten folgen: Erstens wurde die Frequenz der Treffen auf Arbeitsebene bis zur nächsten offiziellen Verhandlungsrunde im Juli erhöht. Zweitens stehen bei diesen wöchentlichen Treffen zentrale Konfliktthemen (regulatorische Kooperation, Öffnung des Markts für öffentliche Aufträge) auf der Tagesordnung. Drittens gibt die Äußerung von Präsident Barack Obama auf der Hannover Messe am 24. April, er rechne mit einem ausgehandelten Vertrag bis Ende des Jahres, den TTIP-Verhandlungen zusätzlichen Anschub. Deren 13. Runde hat am 25. April in New York begonnen. Aus Sicht der US-Industrie soll die Obama-Regierung auf ein möglichst umfassendes Handelsabkommen mit der EU drängen und sich nicht mit einem »abgespeckten« zufriedengeben. Das schließt den Investitionsschutz für Unternehmen (ISDS) mit ein, der in Europa umstritten ist.

Er hat einen der größten Finanzskandale der letzten Jahre ausgelöst: Antoine Deltour muss sich vor Gericht verantworten, weil er Steuerabsprachen…

A Szuhoj cég komszomolszki Repülő-Kísérleti Állomása 80 éves jubileumát ünnepli.

C'est le directeur général de la Biac qui paie les pots cassés. Son sort a été expédié en six jours par le conseil d'administration.

Cet article RDC : comment Michel Losembe a perdu la direction de la Biac est apparu en premier sur JeuneAfrique.com.

A Széchenyi 2020 keretében megjelent Budapesten és Pest megyében a „Fiatalok vállalkozóvá válásának támogatása ” című (VEKOP-8.3.1-16 kódszámú) felhívás, amely rendelkezésre álló tervezett keretösszege 1,04 milliárd forint. A felhívás keretében a „Vállalkozz Itthon Fiatal” programban résztvevő, 18-25 év közötti, Ifjúsági Garancia Rendszerben regisztrált fiatal, illetve felsőfokú végzettséggel rendelkező 25-30 év közötti pályakezdő álláskereső fiatal által létrehozott egyéni vagy társas vállalkozás nyújthat be pályázatot. A támogatási kérelmek benyújtása 2016. július 4-től 2018. október 4-ig lehetséges.

Le dentiste Néerlandais Mark Van Nierop a été condamné mardi à huit ans de prison et 10 500 euros d’amende pour avoir mutilé des dizaines de patients dans la Nièvre. Le "dentiste de l'horreur" n’a plus le droit d’exercer.

ARI 35/2016 - 26/4/2016
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Florilège des citations du président de la République qui, à plusieurs reprises, a lié son avenir présidentiel en 2017 à une inversion de la courbe du chômage.

Helmie Bellini revient au plus près de ses racines par la chanson, la langue et les rythmes traditionnels qu’elle réinvente avec des influences jazz. Manu Dibango réagit à la mort de Prince Dossier Special Jazz : les bonnes ondes de Saint-Louis Cheikh Lô, inclassable chanteur Ablaye Cissoko, St Louis, et la kora