The state pension age will increase by three months in 2028, from 67 years to 67 years and three months. Minister for Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions Carola Schouten writes in a letter to the House of Representatives. Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) Expected in 2028. In the years 2024 to 2027, the state pension age will be 67. In …
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EU ministers and regulators clash over tougher banking rules
How strict will the rules be for banks? There is an extensive debate on this in the European Union. This Tuesday, the finance ministers of the EU member states Agree on a plan. According to critics, it includes a significantly watered-down version of earlier internationally agreed agreements on capital buffers for banks. Next year, ministers will have to agree the …
Read More »Due to poor organization, no admission was sought for the Highland Games
At the Highland Games at Keltrop on 7th August, when a man was killed by a stray metal ball, very little attention was paid to the formal side of the organization of the event. This is one of the reasons why no one applies for permission. This is the conclusion of the COT Research Institute which investigated the circumstances of …
Read More »Renault’s talks with Geely complicated by Nissan concerns – sources
Renault is undertaking complex restructuring on two fronts. On the one hand, it wants to renew its alliance with Nissan and convince the Japanese carmaker to invest in a new unit for electric cars called Ampere. At the same time, the company plans to spin off its petrol business code-named “Horse” and sell most of it to Geely. Investors will …
Read More »Prigozhin, a Putin confidant, claims to be influencing US elections
Wikimedia Commons / Russian Federation NOS news•Yesterday, 21:00 Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russia’s paramilitary group Wagner Group, says it meddled in the US election. The US has accused the Russian businessman of meddling for years, but until now he has always denied it. “We intervened, we intervene now and we will continue to intervene. Carefully, precisely, surgically and in our …
Read More »Why is the four-day work week on the rise around the world?
The four-day work week is starting to gain momentum around the world this year. In Australia, Europe and the US, many companies are embracing the 100-80-100 principle. Be 100 percent productive in 80 percent of the full-time work week, while retaining 100 percent of salary. It doesn’t mean working harder in less time, but more efficiently. Stop having endless meetings …
Read More »US tax authorities are cracking down on crypto tax evaders
Hundreds of people Cryptocurrency– related issues are concentrated in the section Criminal investigation of Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Most of the matter has to do with taxes. More and more crypto tax matters The IRS is the United States Federal Tax Administration. Earlier, they mainly dealt with money laundering crimes. A very large area nowadays Crypto tax matters treated by …
Read More »More than a hundred tourists held hostage on a boat in Peru’s Amazon region have been freed abroad
UpdateAn indigenous community in Peru has freed more than 100 domestic and foreign tourists who had been held hostage on a riverboat in the country’s northeast since Thursday. He wanted to draw the government’s attention to the ‘neglected’ oil spills in the Amazon region. “We are talking about 80 domestic tourists and 27 foreign tourists,” Peruvian Trade and Tourism Minister …
Read More »Polkadot will not receive a case like XRP
U.S. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) occasionally seems to be on some sort of crusade to classify everything under the sun in crypto-land as a stock. XRP First of all, but it doesn’t stop there. Polkadot (DOT) may also be visible. But the Web3 Foundation (W3F) disagrees. W3F: DOT is no longer an effect A Blog The organization writes …
Read More »America’s solution for batteries
Written by Olivier Duquesne 03-11-2022 Belgian group Solvay has formed a joint venture with its Mexican company Orbia to operate two sites in the US to make lithium-ion batteries for electric cars. Overview: The US has developed a protectionist policy to encourage car manufacturers to produce batteries for electric cars on its territory. This worries the EU, but it doesn’t …
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