GREECE: 50% Exemption for New Tax Residents
Overview
In December 2020, the Greek government introduced a new tax regime aimed at attracting foreign tax residents willing to relocate to the country as employees or as freelancers. READ MORE
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is forecasting a somewhat less severe recession than it predicted in June.
The change in the outlook applies to both the global economy and the UK.
Corporate boards of directors are dealing with new problems in financial reporting and accounting, along with governance, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to a recent survey by BDO USA.
Speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the Consensus 2020 virtual conference, 11 May 2020
A recent survey among 66 central banks by the Bank for International Settlements shows that more than 80% are working on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).[1]
The European Central Bank is one of them.
The impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on global energy demand and CO2 emissions
Renewables
Renewable energy has so far been the energy source most resilient to Covid‑19 lockdown measures. Renewable electricity has been largely unaffected while demand has fallen for other uses of renewable energy. In Q1 2020, global use of renewable energy in all sectors increased by about 1.5% relative to Q1 2019. READ MORE
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has undoubtedly been the technology story of the 2010s, and it doesn’t look like the excitement is going to wear off as a new decade dawns.
The past decade will be remembered as the time when machines that can truly be thought of as “intelligent” – as in capable of thinking, and learning, like we do – started to become a reality outside of science fiction.
