WHO Director−General’s remarks at the press conference with President of the European Council to discuss the proposal for an international pandemic treaty
Good morning, good afternoon and good evening, It is a pleasure to be joined today by my friend Charles Michel, President of the European Council. President Michel has championed the call for an international treaty to make the world better…
Brexit: EU leaders dismiss talk of renegotiating draft agreement
From BBC EU leaders have dismissed talk of renegotiating the draft Brexit deal and warned the UK’s political situation could make a “no-deal” more likely. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was “no question” of reopening talks as a document…
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EU – African, Caribbean and Pacific countries future partnership: Council adopts negotiating mandate
On 22 June 2018, the Council adopted the negotiating mandate for the future agreement between the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. Formal negotiations will start by the end of August 2018, as provided by the current…
EU grey list must not let tax havens ‘off the hook’
By Tom Carnegie, From International Adviser Oxfam has warned that the EU grey list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes should not be treated as a way of letting tax havens “off the hook”, as those named try to get…
Barbados one of four Caribbean countries named in new tax havens EU list
CMC From Nation News BRUSSELS – Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries were named Tuesday in a new list of global tax havens released by the European Union EU finance ministers said that the countries –Barbados, Grenada, St Lucia, and Trinidad…
Brexit: Donald Tusk says not enough progress in talks
From BBC European Council president Donald Tusk has said not enough progress has been made to move to the next phase of Brexit talks in Brussels. He said Theresa May’s “realistic” speech on Friday showed the UK’s “philosophy of having…
German finance minister’s Brexit WARNING: Merkel ally sends message to UK over tax threats
By AJAY NAIR From Daily Express UK THE GERMAN Finance Minister has warned that the UK would fail if it attempted to turn itself into a tax haven following Brexit. Wolfgang Schaeuble said comparing Britain to the Cayman Islands would…
Sir Ronald Sanders: Brexit creates EU-Britain nightmare for the Caribbean
By SIR RONALD SANDERS From Jamaica Observer The 12 English-speaking independent countries of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) have, at the most, two years to formulate a plan for dealing with the serious consequences of the British exit (Brexit) from the…
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Cayman Islands Community Events TUE JUNE 9 Moonlight and Movies Summer Series The Moonlight and Movies Summer Series is Tuesday (9 Jun) at 7pm in Gardenia Court. The feature film will be Penguins of Madagascar. Sister Islands Community Underwater Clean…
The EU vote shows growing disillusion with the EU integration
By Federico Grandesso From New Europe In an interview, British Ambassador to Belgium Jonathan Brenton talks to New Europe about his country’s trade relations with Belgium, September’s Scottish referendum and the European Council’s recent nomination of Jean-Claude Juncker as the…
