Published on April 30, 2010 by Technology Slice
Belgium Parliament Bans Veil – The Belgian lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a bill to ban wearing the full Islamic face veil in public, a move that could make Belgium the first European country to make the practice a criminal offence. The draft law, cast as a security measure by proponents, was overwhelmingly [...]
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Posted in Politics
Published on March 23, 2010 by Technology Slice
Greek Government Taxing Churches – Greece is cracking down on major cash transactions and will impose a high levy on the influential Orthodox church in a scramble to boost tax revenue in the face of a debt crisis. A new draft bill to be tabled in parliament on Tuesday imposes a 20 per cent tax [...]
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Posted in Money
Published on March 3, 2010 by Technology Slice
Telstra And NBN Co. – Stephen Conroy was being disingenuous yesterday when he tried to distance the government from the latest fall in Telstra’s share price. When a government declares open season on a corporate, even one as powerful as Telstra, of course every shot it fires is going to have an impact. Conroy was [...]
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