EU steps up fight against tax evasion by end 2013 |

EU steps up fight against tax evasion by end 2013

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media at the end of an EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. European Union leaders on Wednesday sought to advance their fight against tax fraud and close the loopholes for large corporations' tax avoidance schemes. (AP Photo/Ezequiel Scagnetti)

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EU steps up figh... German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media at the end of an EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. European Union leaders on Wednesday sought to advance their fight against tax fraud and close the loopholes for large corporations' tax avoidance schemes. (AP Photo/Ezequiel Scagnetti)
2 brown bears re... Male brown bear Ari and female bear Arina in a bear sanctuary, after being rescued from a decade of captivity in a privately run illegal zoo, Thursday, May 23, 2013, in the village of Mramor near the Kosovo capital Pristina . Two brown bears, Ari and Arina have been released into a bear Sanctuary, in Kosovo after being rescued from a decade of captivity in a 20 square meter cage to amuse visitors of a restaurant, Kosovo officials say. Authorities released the 10-year old male and female bears on Thursday to a wider enclosure set up by the international animal charity group Four Paws. The organisation was called in to help sedate and transport the animals. ( AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
France won't for... French President Francois Hollande leaves the ceremony to mark the 150th birthday of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany, Thursday May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Jan Woitas)
UK PM: London at... A tent is erected near the scene of an attack in Woolwich southeast London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. British officials said one person has died and at least two people have been wounded in an attack in southeast London. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital, with one in serious condition. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Jerry Lewis repe... Comedian Jerry Lewis poses for photographers during a photo call for the film Max Rose at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
UK-bound Pakista... Passengers disembark from Pakistan International Airlines flight PK709 bound for Manchester from Lahore, Pakistan, after it was diverted to Stansted Airport, north of London, England, Friday May 24, 2013. The passenger plane was diverted following an incident on board, and two men were arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an RAF Typhoon jet was scrambled to escort the passenger plane traveling from Pakistan to the UK, police said. (AP Photo / Chris Radburn, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES
Austria wants EU... FILE - In this May 7, 2013 file photo Austrian Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Michael Spindelegger from the Austrian People's Party speaks during a press conference after the weekly cabinet meeting at the federal chancellery in Vienna, Austria. Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger called Friday May 24, 2013 for an extension of the arms embargo for Syria ahead of an EU meeting on the issue, saying his country would have to rethink its U.N. peacekeeping role in the region otherwise. Austria's 377 soldiers make up the majority of the approximately 900 U.N. peacekeepers posted to the Golan Heights separating Syria and Israel. Spindelegger told The Associated Press that they could be targeted by Syrian government forces if EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels Monday decided to allow members to ship arms to rebels trying to topple President Bashir Assad. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)
Vatican releases... Rene Brulhart, director of the Financial Information Authority, an institution established by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 to monitor the monetary and commercial activities of Vatican agencies, and Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi, meet the press at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The Vatican took another step Wednesday in trying to show greater financial transparency by publishing a first annual report from its financial watchdog agency and announcing new regulations to fight money laundering and terror financing that are expected in the coming weeks and months. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
China, Switzerla... Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang poses together with the Swiss yodel group ''Saengerrunde Zurich'' in Embrach, Switzerland, Friday, May 24, 2013. Li Keqiang is on an official visit to Switzerland until Saturday. (AP Photo/Keystone,Walter Bieri )