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Small country, big dreams: Luxembourg pushes into space
This week we take a closer look at the EU's Copyright Directive, a bill that would make it harder to upload content already subject to copyright. It would also make web companies…
Court overturns 'Luxleaks' whistleblower verdict
A Luxembourg court on Thursday overturned the verdict against a "Luxleaks" whistleblower who was convicted of leaking thousands of documents that revealed tax breaks for…
The Debate
Make 'em pay: Can Europe agree on a common corporate tax rate?
Now it's Amazon and Apple in the crosshairs of Brussels. The European Competition Commissioner is playing tax collector, ordering Amazon to pay some 250 million euros to…
EU orders Amazon to pay Luxembourg €250m tax bill
The EU turned the screw on US tech giants Wednesday, ordering Amazon to repay Luxembourg 250 million euros in back taxes and referring Ireland to the top EU court for failing to…
France ease past Luxembourg as Dutch slump to shock defeat
The Netherlands' hopes of reaching the World Cup finals suffered a major setback on Saturday with a shock 2-0 defeat to Bulgaria, leaving the three-time runners-up six points…
LuxLeaks whistleblowers get reduced sentences on appeal
A Luxembourg court on Wednesday gave reduced sentences to two "Luxleaks" whistleblowers convicted of leaking thousands of documents that revealed tax breaks for multinational…
LuxLeaks whistleblowers appeal jail sentences
Two whistleblowers and an investigative reporter at the heart of the "LuxLeaks" scandal return to court on Monday for leaking thousands of documents that exposed Luxembourg's…
What can be done to protect whistleblowers?
The NSA spying scandal, the Panama Papers, SwissLeaks and LuxLeaks... A recent string of scandals has cast the spotlight on so-called whistleblowers - citizens who put their…
Pierre Gramegna: ‘A win-win strategy if Britain remains in EU’
Luxembourg’s Finance Minister, Pierre Gramegna, denies a recent report accusing his country of striking secret tax deals with multinational companies. Instead, he insists…
Tackling global corruption: Hard talk, soft action?
Our panel looks at the proposals made at the recent anti-corruption summit in London, and the likely follow-up at the G7 in Japan. Has the Panama Papers scandal spurred genuinely…
French politician Joly attacks ‘wolf’ Juncker
FRANCE 24 speaks to prominent Green MEP Eva Joly. The Franco-Norwegian was an investigating magistrate in several financial scandals in France in the 1990s. She has published a…
LuxLeaks whistleblower trial begins in Luxembourg
The former PwC employee turned whistleblower behind the LuxLeaks scandal that implicated Luxembourg in industrial tax avoidance went on trial in the tiny European duchy on…