trump that is very easy to communicate to chinese audience birches asia specialist with the british men foundation here in germany thank you for you and i thank you. the italian city of venice says it will ban giant cruise ships from steaming past the lagoon city's historic center they will instead have. to reroute to a nearby industrial port the controversial decision comes after years of debate and it's an attempt to balance venice's delicate ecosystem with the income generated by tourism but not all the locals are happy with this decision. for tens of thousands of tourists a high point of a mediterranean cruise is going through the narrow canals of venice or lane anchor in view of the piazza san marco and the byzantine basilica the cruise industry has been expanding for years and the multi deck ships are bigger than ever the aim is to economize and pack more people on board at the same time. in this ancient city the trend has long been a source of anger and concern among locals especially conservationists they've been lobbying against what they consider an invasive presence of giant cruise ship

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specialist with the british men foundation here in germany thank you for you thank you thank you. thank you. for your business news now commissioner muscovy she says member states can and will do much more to fight tax havens top priority is creation of a blacklist to name and shame jurisdictions that cater to wealthy firms and individuals get the e.u. has been working for two years on similar measures with limited success consensus remains a challenge especially among members with a lower tax rate of their own. joining me now is the man him self he used commissioner for economic and financial affairs pia moscow we say good evening thank you very much for coming in you've said that the e.u. must seize the opportunity to make a credible blacklist of tax havens what counts as a tax haven. attacks even is a country which fulfills three criteria the first country which does not respect the global standards of governance of the said to me what we call beds procedure from the u.e.c. second a country would not have automatic exchange of information on the readings or all simply on my own