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New Finance website explains the tax shift to citizens

20 October 2015
New Finance website explains the tax shift to citizens

Minister of Finance Johan Van Overtveldt wants to involve citizens more closely in the tax shift and better inform them about the various aspects of this tax reform. That is why his office has recently launched www.mijntaxshift.be: a website that explains the large package of measures of the tax …

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Minister Jambon: “Address the problem of outlaw motorcycle gangs on the international level”

15 October 2015
Minister Jambon: “Address the problem of outlaw motorcycle gangs on the international level”

Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany will cooperate more closely to tackle cross-border problems with outlaw motorcycle gangs. The approach of these OMGs is also further strengthened on the Benelux level, following an agreement between Jan Jambon, the Minister of Security and the Interior and his …

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Tax shift: the long-awaited reduction in labour costs

13 October 2015
Tax shift: the long-awaited reduction in labour costs

The federal government has finalised the budgetary control and the tax shift. “The outcome is the biggest tax reform since 1963,” says Finance Minister Johan Van Overtveldt. “A reform that benefits citizens and companies. We lower the cost of labour and strengthen purchasing power and …

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Targeted police efforts against people smuggling is bearing fruit

8 October 2015
Targeted police efforts against people smuggling is bearing fruit

At the request of Minister of Security and Internal Affairs Jan Jambon, the federal police have launched targeted control campaigns since last month in an effort to combat human smuggling and illicit human trafficking. “After just two weeks we already arrested 350 people without documents and two …

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N-VA strengthens ties with the British Conservatives

8 October 2015
N-VA strengthens ties with the British Conservatives

The N-VA seconded a delegation of two party members to Great Britain, to the party congress of the British Conservatives in Manchester. Sander Loones, vice-chairman and MEP, and MP Brecht Vermeulen, president of the Home Affairs Committee, look back at four fascinating days. “It is clear that the …

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Forced returns on the rise

8 October 2015
Forced returns on the rise

The number of individuals that are forced to return to their country of origin after an illegal stay in Belgium this year increased to 481 a month, compared with only 421 last year. “This figure increased by almost 15 percent,” according to a calculation by state secretary for Asylum and Migration, …

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