EU orders Netherlands to recover $34m from Starbucks

The European Commission ruled on Wednesday (21 October) that Starbucks and Fiat benefited from illegal tax deals with the Dutch and Luxembourg governments, in cases with major implications for the taxation of multinational companies. Oct 21, 2015

Germany: Thousands attend Pegida anniversary anti-Islam rally

Thousands of people took to the streets of Dresden on Monday evening (19 October) for a rally marking the one-year anniversary of anti-Islam group Pegida (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West). Demonstrators gathered in front of the citys cathedral waving German flags and banners criticising the German governments policy on refugees. Oct 20, 2015