The global shipping industry is largely unseen by us, but its pollution is a threat to our health and our climate, especially for the communities and wildlife of the Arctic.
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EU politics
Colm Tóibín: ‘Catalonia is a region in the process of reimagining itself’
From The Guardian The Germans made it clear after the election of Syriza in Greece: In the EU democracy is secondary. Primary are contracts and laws. Thus two former fascist nations can now “legally” stymie […]
EU politics
EU-OCS: France’s record fine for UBS
In the first of three reports on tax evasion in Europe EU-OCS explores France’s record fine against Swiss banking giant UBS in what the court called a case of fraud of ‘exceptional magnitude.’ Read here
Economics
Quartz: How tax havens turn economic statistics into nonsense
A short, but interesting article that demonstrates why statistics can be completely useless (something we saw with Ireland’s GDP – Leprechaun Economics click here). Read here
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