Section: Africa&ME
Panama Papers: Law firm says data hack was external, files complaint
"We rule out an inside job. This is not a leak. This is a hack," Fonseca, 63, said at the company's headquarters in Panama City's business district. "We have a theory and we are following it," he added, without elaborating. The Panamanian lawyer at the center of a data leak scandal that has embarrassed a clutch of...
Dutch vote on key EU-Kiev pact as Europe watches
THE HAGUE // Dutch people began voting Wednesday on whether to back a key EU pact with Ukraine in a referendum triggered by grassroots eurosceptic groups and seen as a yardstick on ties with Brussels.Polling stations opened across the country from early Wednesday, with a small trickle of voters queueing to cast their ballots in the non-binding...
Panama Papers: Ukraine President Poroshenko denies offshore vehicle was set up to minimise taxes
Poroshenko told reporters in Tokyo on Wednesday he had the offshore trust set up to separate his business and political interests after he became president and the arrangements were carried out with full transparency. Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko denied he put his assets in an offshore trust to minimise taxes, after the country’s...
Dutch cast votes on Ukraine treaty in test of anti-EU sentiment (Video)
By Toby Sterling Dutch voters began casting ballots in a national referendum on Wednesday on the European Union’s treaty with Ukraine — a test of anti-EU sentiment before Britain vote on its membership of the bloc in June. Dutch politicians say rejecting a treaty intended to bring Ukraine closer to the European Union would hand a symbolic...
Dutch hold referendum on EU-Ukraine deal
Citizen-enforced vote on economic and political ties with Ukraine seen as test of anti-EU sentiment in the Netherlands. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine pilot Savchenko starts refusing all food and liquids
Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko, convicted over the killing of two Russian journalists, began a hunger strike without water Wednesday to demand her return to Ukraine, her lawyer said …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine president Poroshenko denies offshore vehicle set up to minimize taxes
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko denied he put his assets in an offshore trust to minimize taxes, after the country’s fiscal service said it was looking into documents relating to his offshore assets that were included in the “Panama Papers” …read more Source: The Daily...
Iceland’s leader resigns, first casualty of Panama Papers
Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday, becoming the first casualty of leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm which have shone a spotlight on the offshore wealth of politicians and public figures worldwide. The Panama Papers showed the premier’s wife owned an offshore company with big claims on...
Dutch vote on key EU-Kyiv pact as Europe watches
The outcome is being closely watched by both the West and Moscow, and a Dutch ‘No’ to the two-year-old treaty with Kyiv could pose a headache for the EU …read more Source: World...
Dutch vote on key EU-Kiev pact as Europe watches
Dutch people began voting Wednesday on whether to back a key EU pact with Ukraine in a referendum triggered by grassroots eurosceptic groups and seen as a yardstick on ties with Brussels …read more Source: The Daily...
