Europe

“Ryanair Must Give Travellers Compensation”

3Jun

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

“Ryanair Must Give Travellers Compensation”

"Ryanair Must give Travellers Compensation for a pilot Strike." Ryanair has been sentenced to a claim for damages for 1,250 victims who could not fly due to the airline strike. For that reason, the company is also hanging over the claims of 110,000 other travellers, claims organisation Aviclaim said Monday. In total, the latter would amount to 35 million euros, says Aviclaim. The decision of the court in Eindhoven concerns the passengers of 203 cancelled flights. The 1,250 travellers who went to court receive an average of 318 euros per person, the claim organisation says. It comes to a total amount of almost 400,000 euros. Ryanair defended itself in the court case by stating that there was force majeure so that compensation would not be needed. According to the judge, howev...

European Court: Erotic Webcam Company Must Pay VAT

8May

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

Europe, International, News

European Court: Erotic Webcam Company Must Pay VAT

European Court: Erotic webcam Company must pay VAT in the Netherlands. Providers of erotic webcam services that are based in the Netherlands, but have models outside the Netherlands, must pay sales tax in the country where they are located. The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) ruled on Wednesday. The Court ruled on a case from the Tax Authorities against webcam company Geelen, which paid no sales tax in the Netherlands between 2006 and 2009. The Supreme Court held the issue to the ECJ. In its opinion, the European Court stated that "the services in question must be thought to have been provided at the place of business in the Netherlands". Webcam companies based in the Netherlands, aimed at the Dutch market, must, therefore, pay sales tax in the Netherlands. The...

5Apr

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

Europe, International, News

Hoekstra Bill Rejects Objections

Hoekstra bill rejects objections about the property register.Minister Wopke Hoekstra (Finance) has submitted a bill for a property register to the Chamber of Commerce (KvK) with the House of Representatives. It should map out the 'ultimate beneficial owner' (UBO) of companies and foundations. The offer for the UBO register is intended to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism. Registration is necessary for persons with an interest of at least 25 percent. It is controversial because the ultimate stakeholders believe that the privacy of the register is being violated. Charities are also entered in the register. Earlier it was informed that this would stop volunteer charities because they would be wrongly characterised as beneficiaries.

Pope Francis Refuses Dismissal of Discredited French Cardinal

19Mar

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Europe, International, News

Pope Francis Refuses Dismissal of Discredited French Cardinal

Pope Francis Refuses Dismissal of Discredited French Cardinal. Philippe Barbarin, the Archbishop of Lyon who was convicted of not reporting child abuse, said the Pope did not accept his resignation. Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, one of the highest clergymen in the French Catholic Church, offered his resignation to Pope Francis after being sentenced early this month for not reporting child abuse by a priest in his diocese. Dozens of scouts had accused the priest in a question of sexual abuse in the 1980s and 1990s. Barbarin was not yet an archbishop at the time and was not informed of the case by one of the victims until 2014, but after being notified, Barbarin waited another year before making the complaints public. He said he was convinced that the priest had repented. That cond...

Dutch CEO Of AEX Company Earns 3.2 Million Pounds

12Dec

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

Europe, International, News

Dutch CEO Of AEX Company Earns 3.2 Million Pounds

Dutch CEO of AEX company Earns 3.2 Million Pounds. The directors of the largest Dutch companies received an average remuneration of 3.2 million pounds last year, although the differences are significant. The least earning CEO gained 629,000 pounds while the most earning 7.4 million pounds. In 2016, the average remuneration stood at 2.6 million pounds, according to Wednesday from an overview of the Belgian training institute Vlerick Business School. The institution reviewed the remuneration of CEOs of 862 listed companies in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Sweden. In Germany and the United Kingdom, the directors of large listed companies deserve more. The average annual salary in Germany is 5.5 million. In the United Kingdom, it ...

Transavia Examines Tax On Rolling Suitcases In Hand Baggage

4Nov

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

Business, Europe, News

Transavia Examines Tax On Rolling Suitcases In Hand Baggage

Transavia examines Tax on rolling Suitcases in Hand Baggage. Airline Transavia will investigate a tax on larger pieces of hand luggage. That verifies a representative on Friday. Price fighters Ryanair and Wizzair have already started a similar charge on Thursday. Reason for the research is the increasing difficulties with the amount of hand luggage in the aircraft of Transavia. According to the reports, there is insufficient space in the plane, which leads to overcrowding and delays. "We notice an increase in the use of trolleys as hand luggage. It leads to congestion in the cabin and delays, "said Norbert Cappetti, a representative for the Dutch airline. "We are investigating some options to identify this, following our colleagues." Examples of possible options are overco...

Topman EU Support Fund: International Interest In The Euro Is Growing

4Oct

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

Europe, International, News

Topman EU Support Fund: International Interest In The Euro Is Growing

Topman EU support Fund: International interest in the Euro is Growing. According to Klaus Regling, CEO of the ESM European support fund, international interest in the euro is increasing. Mainly in Asia, the European single currency is increasingly being used by trade strains between China and the United States. Regling stated that after the monthly meeting of the finance ministers of the euro countries (Eurogroup). They addressed the role of the euro in the world economy. "Less than twenty years after the euro was created, it is the second most used currency in the world," declared Eurogroup chairman Mario Centeno. Last month, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker debated for strengthening the international role of the euro. "It is ridiculous that European compa...

10Aug

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

Europe, International, News

HEMA Says The Contract With Franchisees

HEMA says the Contract with Franchisees. Retail chain HEMA wants to get rid of the shop owners who are board members of the franchise association Vereniging Vloten, VAB HEMA. The company has declared in a recently sent letter that it will not continue the contracts with these franchises. The franchisees operate 24 stores. HEMA has disagreed with its franchisees for some time, including costs related to online sales. The 96 franchisees, united in the VAB HEMA, hold approximately 40 percent of the HEMA stores in the Netherlands. Last month, the court in Amsterdam still mostly ruled the franchisees in the long-running conflict with the head office about costs for e-commerce. Consultation is only allowed via VAB board The meeting between HEMA and the VAB is at a standstill. HEMA ...

10Jul

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Educatiion, Europe, News

Invalid Teachers Can Enter More Often

Invalid Teachers can Enter more Often. A substitute teacher in education may soon be more frequent. Schools in primary education and special education can offer multiple contracts continuously from the coming school year. Now such temporary workers, who sometimes only spend a day or a few days, quickly get through their maximum number of contracts. Minister Wouter Koolmees (Social Affairs and Employment) has decided to intervene, although he already wanted to change the law. He reacts to a request from the employers and employees. They must record the adjustment in their collective labour agreements. Since the introduction of the Work and Security Act (Wwz), schools in special education have come under the so-called chain provision. It means that substitutes are entitled to a ...

Leave Campaign Defends against Violations of Electoral Law in Brexit

5Jul

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Europe, News, Politics, US

Leave Campaign Defends against Violations of Electoral Law in Brexit

The director of the official campaign for the departure of Great Britain from the European Union, Vote Leave, has today denied that his organisation had committed irregularities in the run-up to the referendum in June 2016. The reason is the forthcoming publication of a report from the British Electoral Commission, in which an overrun of the expenditure ceiling and violations on the electoral law would be determined. According to director Matthew Elliott, the electoral commission will denounce in its report that Vote Leave has tampered with the accounts. "Their initial conclusion is that we have exceeded the expenditure ceiling, that we donated to another group during the campaign, which we should not have done", he said on Sky News. Central to the report is a donation of more than 60...