Lady Godiva stripped naked and rode on a horse through the streets of Coventry to force her husband abolishing the oppressive taxation that he imposed on the people. Lady Godiva by John Collier, c. 1897, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Leofric, Earl of Mercia (Kingdom in the region of the English Midlands), first half of […]

The editors of the Global Finance Magazine and Infosys selected Hellenic Bank as the country winner of 2016 World’s Best Digital Banks Award! The evaluation of banks was done by Infosys, a global player in consulting, technology and outsourcing, while Global Finance made the selections for the first round of selections. According to the publication’s announcement, […]

Mr Stefan Nolte, the Managing Director of Shanda Consult Ltd. was pleased to attend at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission which was held at the Presidential Palace on the 5th of July 2016. The celebration was hosted by the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, with […]

Cyprus has signed a comprehensive Double Taxation Agreement with Jersey on the 11th of July 2016. The agreement was signed at the Cyprus High Commission in London by the High Commissioner, Mr Euripides Evriviades and by the Minister for External Relations of Jersey, Senator Sir Philipp Bailhache. Signing of the DTA is expected to contribute […]

On the 20th of June, Dr. KC Chan the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury has announced that Hong Kong will join the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project as an associate in the framework for implementation of the package of measures against multinational corporation tax avoidance. […]

According to Second Secretary for Economic Affairs with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Tehran, Tejarat Bank, one of the major Iranian lenders, will open a branch in Norway in line with banking relations with the Scandinavian countries. This was announced in a meeting with the international affairs deputy of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines […]