Jersey News
A complete new set of Jersey banknotes will enter general circulation in February, the treasury minister has revealed.
Senator Philip Ozouf has also announced that next year will see the introductio...
Berlin News
Almost 20 per cent of Berlin residents were claiming state benefits at the end of 2007. The latest figures released by Destatis, the government statistics office show that Berlin was well above the Ge...
Copenhagen News
Copenhagen University cuts jobs
Copenhagen University is to lose over 100 staff in 2010 as part of a cost-cutting exercise to save 90 million kroner, says the Copenhagen Post. It is thought that 130 staff will lose their jobs in Jan...
Jersey News
The number registered as unemployed in Jersey is likely to pass the 1,000 mark by Christmas
Oxford News
More families to get Oxford welfare benefits
More families to get Oxford welfare benefits
More Oxford families may now be eligible for both council tax and housing benefit after the council changed the way that these benefits are calculated. Fr...
Jersey News
Budget set to target tobacco and fuel
Inflation-busting duty increases and a freeze on tax allowances are proposed in Jersey
Madrid News
More than 13 out of every hundred Madrid residents are living below the poverty line. The proportion has risen from 9.5 per cent of the population to 13.3 per cent over the last four years, according...
Jersey News
Jersey’s corporate tax system under EU attack
Chief minister Terry Le Sueur has held talks with UK officials in London after indications from some European Union countries that the island
Madrid News
Madrid moves up Cushman and Wakefield list.
Madrid has risen up the rankings in the annual Cushman and Wakefield survey of Europe
Brussels News
Brussels water rates rise more than expected
The three-stage rise in Brussels water rates, labelled by environment minister Evelyne Huytebroeck
Berlin News
Berlin faces a hit to its workforce after online auction website eBay has announced that it is to cut almost half of the 1,100 jobs at its German base on the edge of Berlin, following restructuring of...
Copenhagen News
Re-employment tough for Copenhagen’s redundant
A new survey suggests that residents of Copenhagen would be the hardest pushed to find new employment if they were to be made redundant, compared to those in other areas of the country. The study by D...
Jersey News
Jersey scores best on IMF anti-money laundering list
Jersey has been placed at the top of the league of the 120 jurisdictions whose anti-money laundering measures are assessed by the International Monetary Fund.
It has been announced that the island h...
London News
Boris Johnson defends hedge funds
London mayor Boris Johnson has travelled to EU headquarters in Brussels to voice his concerns that London
Jersey News
A major rethink of the plans for the waterfront area of St Helier might be necessary because of changes in the island
