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Finally, we’ve been allowed access to one of the most secretive negotiations between the European Union and the United States, about a new treaty for trade and finance (the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership - TTIP). By Francisco Louçã.

Mariana Mortágua shows how offshore accounts work and what they are used for. The video can be watched here (with English subtitles) and the interview read below.

At a stage where labour relations have changed to such an extent that private and public enterprises use temporary work agencies to hire permanent workers, this is an essential question to pose. By Isabel Pires.

The connection between the spread of Zika and climate change is certain. By Ricardo Coelho.

The “Panama Papers” are merely the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the dark world of tax havens. By Pedro Filipe Soares.

According to data from the Bank of Portugal, in 2015, Portugal lost over 864 million euros to tax havens. The “Panama Papers” research has revealed that 244 Portuguese companies are involved in the international corruption scandal and that the owner of the PT Portugal group, a telecommunications company, used an offshore account.

I am writing from Brussels, where the horrendous terrorist attacks took place. Please forgive my crudeness, but I am writing from Brussels just as I have written from so many other places where victims of terrorism die every day. By Marisa Matias.