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European Commission sets out strategy for the EU’s outermost regions
The Commission strategy seeks more coherent support for 5 million residents across nine EU outermost regions and a yearly structured dialogue.
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European Commission proposes innovation act on finance and R&D procurement
The Commission proposal would create common intellectual-property valuation and a digital marketplace, and make cross-border R&D procurement easier.
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Mexico projects tax revenue at 15.9% of GDP in 2027 without new broad taxes
The Finance Ministry submitted an economic package to Congress with assumptions for growth, collections and gradual deficit reduction.
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UK withdraws proposal for some judge-only criminal trials
The Justice Secretary said plans for some criminal trials before a judge alone would be removed from the Bill and wider court changes accelerated.
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EU Council adopts return rules for people with no right to stay
New EU rules set common return procedures; member states may establish return hubs in non-EU countries and must respect fundamental rights.
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EU Council sets negotiating position to speed up environmental assessments
The Council agreed its negotiating stance on simplifying and accelerating environmental assessments, while the proposal retains a commitment to EU environmental standards.
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EU member states appoint three judges to the Union’s courts
Government representatives reappointed Niels Fenger to the Court of Justice and appointed Andria Buhagiar and Ivan Stoynev to the General Court.
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Brazil cuts 2026 spending restraint to 16.1 billion reais
The Finance Ministry said total restrictions on 2026 spending fell from 17.9 billion to 16.1 billion reais in its fourth bimonthly review.
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Brazil schedules 1.266 billion reais in income-tax refunds for 412,000 taxpayers
The Federal Revenue Service said its September residual-refund batch will pay 412,186 taxpayers.
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Brazil records more than 181,000 applications for Simples Nacional
The tax authority counted 181,172 requests by 18 September to join the simplified tax regime for small businesses.
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Brazil Treasury updates fourth-quarter domestic debt issuance schedule
The new government-bond calendar moves the longest inflation-linked NTN-B maturity to 2045 and rolls a six-year floating-rate bond to 2032.
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Brazil enacts critical-minerals policy and interministerial council
A law enacted on 16 September promotes domestic processing of critical minerals and creates a council to coordinate priority projects.
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