International Customs
Pakistan’s first in-depth newspaper that presents balanced news reports, analysis and reviews regarding Customs, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Sales/Income Tax Departments beside covering import and export sectors comprehensively. Up-to-the-minute news bulletins regarding Customs and FBR departments are also displayed regularly on both website and face book for the interest of common people
UBS pays $545m over FX and rate fraud
BERN: UBS, Switzerland's largest bank, says that it will plead guilty to fraud in the US for manipulating benchmark interest...
South African Attacq gets R1.35b Nedbank loan
CAPE TOWN: The Attacq Waterfall Investment Company (AWIC) has been granted a total loan of R1.35 billion by Nedbank Property...
Saudi fund to examine Jordan’s request for $53m loan
AMMAN: The Saudi Development Fund (SDF) board of directors is scheduled to discuss a Jordanian request for a long-term, low...
Jordanian exports rise by 6.5% in Q1 of 2015: Customs statistics
AMMAN: National exports to the counties of North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) increased by 6.5 per cent in the...
Hungarian gross wages up 4.9% in March
BUDAPEST: Average gross wages in Hungary saw a year-on-year rise of 4.9%, reaching HUF 247,917 in March, with net wages...
Polish Customs gardener caught smuggling plants into New Zealand
WARSAW: A polish gardener was caught trying to smuggle plant cuttings, a bulb, a tuber and seeds through customs all...
Spaninsh Customs intercepts 37 illegal immigrants in Cádiz
MADRID: The number of would-be illegal immigrants who have been intercepted while attempting to cross the Mediterranean into Spain over...
Russian railways may acquire privatize Greece companies
ATHENS: Russian Railways (PZD) is still in talks with the Greek government on the possibility of submitting bids in the...
Eco-friendly container vessel with a loading capacity of 18,800 TEU in Malta
HELSINKI: Transport Malta announced on Tuesday that the M.V.'Barzan', a vessel recognised as the world's most environmentally friendly ultra-large container...
SAS break in mediation with pilots in Norway
OSLO: SAS informs that the negotiations in relation to a new agreement with the Norwegian pilot union, NSF, was broken...
Norway expansion avoids economic slowdown as consumer spending grows
OSLO: Norway’s expansion unexpectedly accelerated in the first quarter as consumers supported growth, easing pressure on the central bank to...
Belgium donates 18.75m euros to UN agency helping Palestinian refugees
BRUSSELS: The Belgian government has released 18.75 million euros (20.80 million U.S. dollars) for UNRWA, the United Nations agency responsible...
Germany finance minister says can’t rule out Greek default
BERLIN: Germany’s finance minister said he couldn’t rule out a Greek default, a stance that will add pressure on Athens...
German govt plans to pay total of 10m euros in compensation
BERLIN: The German government plans to pay a total of 10 million euros in compensation to an estimated 4,000 surviving...
Middle Eastern crime gangs main players in Australia’s illegal tobacco boom
CANBERRA: Middle Eastern crime gangs are behind the massive boom in the illicit tobacco market in Australia. The gangs are flooding...
Vietnamese spending less, saving more despite improved sentiment: survey
HANOI: Although Vietnamese consumer confidence has significantly improved, the top priority for them remains to be saving, a new Nielsen...
Vietnam to increase tax on imported cars
HANOI: Vietnam's Ministry of Finance has drafted a plan to increase the special consumption tax (SCT) on imported cars by...
Vietnamese exports reach $59 billion in four months
HANOI: Viet Nam exported some US$59 billion worth of commodities in the first four months of 2015, a year-on-year increase...
EU construction increases in Q1
BRUSSELS: Construction across the 19 countries that share the eurozone rose in March and in the first quarter as a...
Police chemicals secures PLN 1.7b financing for new project
WARSAW: Chemicals firm Police, a unit of Azoty group, signed a framework cooperation deal on financing its PLN 1.7 billion...
