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Montevideo, May 9th 2024 - 11:13 UTC

Stories for June 2nd 2021

  • Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 05:00 UTC

    Controversial Australian becomes OECD new secretary general

    Cormann takes the reins at the 38-member body as OECD looks to tackle accelerating climate change and reaching a global agreement on digital taxation.

    Mathias Cormann, from Australia has taken over as the new secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), starting a five-year stint that promises to be a challenging one. He replaces Angel Gurria from Mexico.

  • Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 01:15 UTC

    Falklands publishes ‘prudent budget’ for 2021/22

    Roger Spink MLA said: We have like the rest of the world, experienced a significant financial impact as a result of the pandemic, nevertheless we are still delivering a surplus in the current year.

    The Falkland Islands Government yesterday published its budget for the upcoming financial year, describing it as a prudent budget that focuses on stability and continuity. The budget forecasts operating expenditure of £78.3m and revenues of £92.2m, as well as a capital programme totalling £53.5m for the upcoming financial year.

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