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HELSINKI
The city of Kemijärvi in Finnish Lapland turned down an offer made in January 2018 by China’s state-funded Polar Research Institute to buy or lease the city’s airport, after it informed the Finnish Armed Forces. But the matter is only now being made public. Read more.
EU PRESIDENCY
Social pillar will define next decade of European policy, EU official says. The action plan for a European Pillar of Social Rights will mark the next decade of European policies, European Commission advisor on social rights José António Vieira da Silva has said. Read more.
Talks on EU corporate tax transparency law to start ‘very soon’. The European Parliament said on Thursday it expected negotiations to start “very soon” with Portugal’s EU Presidency on a new EU directive to make multinationals publish information on where they make profits and pay taxes. Read more.