Headlines February 22

EU to probe sport and sex trade links EU justice ministers have agreed to look into taking action against the trafficking of women for forced prostitution during major sports events. READ ON

Isle of Mann to go tax free for firms The Isle of Man is to abolish company tax and cap personal income tax at £100,000 from April 5 in a bid to attract the super-rich and budding entrepreneurs. Tax experts said the 33-mile long Crown dependency would become "one of the most favourable tax regimes in the world". READ ON

New Europe keener to learn German than French EU enlargement is pushing German ahead of French on the European language ladder, with non-indigenous languages such as Russian and Turkish also on the rise, a new European Commission study has shown. READ ON

Europe Goes High Definition HDTV has been creeping into Europe for a while and some countries are already enjoying the delights of 720p and 1080i programming.Germany is probably the furthest on in the development of HDTV and helped along no doubt by the approaching World Cup which, as you are no doubt well aware, they are hosting. Lucky viewers get a choice of HD Broadcasts on the Astra satellite including the subscription Premiere, on which all 64 World Cup matches are being shown, as well as the free-to-air Prosieben/Sat.1. Belgium’s Euro1080 channel is probably one of the longest running HD providers in Europe . It is available to most of northern Europe on the Astra satellite but you will need to buy Conditional Access Card to view it. Unfortunately it isn’t showing the World Cup but there are going to be Winter Olympics from Torino shown in March. READ ON