Key step taken to end human suffering in EU supermarket supply chains The European Commission has published a proposal on unfair trading practices in the EU food supply chain. Right now, supermarkets’ poor practices lead t
International community must go further to address Yemen’s real needs Oxfam has welcomed the generous pledges of $2 billion worth of aid to deal with the crisis in Yemen made today in Geneva.
Joint INGO Statement for the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen This statement was read by Shane Stevenson, Oxfam’s Country Director in Yemen, on behalf of Oxfam and 21 other international NGOs currently working in Ye
Yemenis struggle to find bare essentials three years on from first Saudi airstrikes Three years of war in Yemen: over 3 million people have been forced to flee their homes, the world’s largest cholera outbreak on record, and the country is t
Commission digital tax proposal: tax rules need to enter 21st century Today's digital tax proposal could help bring EU tax rules into the 21st century, by updating them to the digital economy.
Oxfam announces Zainab Bangura and Katherine Sierra to co-lead Independent Commission on Sexual Misconduct Zainab Bangura, a former Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, and Katherine Sierra, a former Vice-President of the World Bank, will co-chair an Ind
Greater blacklist transparency can help fight tax dodging With a growing EU gray list of tax havens, the EU must make sure countries follow up on their commitments, or else blacklist them, Oxfam said.
EU publishes tax havens’ commitments in step towards greater blacklist transparency The European Council has started to publish the commitments taken by countries to escape the EU blacklist of tax havens.
EU tackles tax competition inside EU and increases pressure on tax havens It is very good news that the European Commission seems ready to finally tackle harmful tax competition inside the European Union, Oxfam said in reaction to
13,000 still trapped on Greek islands As the two-year anniversary of the EU-Turkey deal nears on March 18, 2018, thousands of asylum seekers are trapped on the Aegean islands in deplorable condit