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The European Parliament on Wednesday approved a forthcoming law on when workers on platforms like Uber and Deliveroo should be treated as employees. Platforms have argued that such workers are self-employed, excluding them from some European Union labour rights such as paid holidays and sick leave. The Platform Work Directive would classify workers on "gig-economy" apps as employees in cases where platforms control factors such as how much money workers are paid or their working hours, or supervise their performance electronically. EU legislators approved by 554 votes to 56 a draft legal text ...
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Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Argentina to protest against cuts in the higher education sector. According to the University of Buenos Aires, more than 500,000 demonstrators protested in the capital alone on Tuesday against the strict austerity programme of President Javier Milei's ultra-liberal government. "We are defending the public, open and free university, which is one of the great achievements of our people and which we will not give up," said Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel at the central rally in front of the Casa Rosada, the seat of govern...
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Thyssenkrupp Steel's announcement late on Thursday of production cuts at its plant in the western German city of Duisburg has raised alarm and concern among local leaders. Thyssenkrupp management announced that production capacity in Duisburg would be significantly reduced, including through "as yet unquantified job losses." Around 27,000 people currently work for thyssenkrupp Steel, Germany's largest steelmaker and a division of industrial giant thyssenkrupp. About 13,000 of those workers are employed in Duisburg. Trade union leaders responded on Friday that they would only discuss production...
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Thyssenkrupp Steel's announcement late on Thursday of production cuts at its plant in the western German city of Duisburg has raised alarm and concern among local leaders. Thyssenkrupp management announced that production capacity in Duisburg would be significantly reduced, including through "as yet unquantified job losses." Around 27,000 people currently work for thyssenkrupp Steel, Germany's largest steelmaker and a division of industrial giant thyssenkrupp. About 13,000 of those workers are employed in Duisburg. A labour agreement between tyssenkrupp Steel and trade unions currently rules o...
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Thyssenkrupp Steel's announcement late on Thursday of production cuts at its plant in the western German city of Duisburg has raised alarm and concern among local leaders. Thyssenkrupp management announced that production capacity in Duisburg would be significantly reduced, including through "as yet unquantified job losses." Around 27,000 people currently work for thyssenkrupp Steel, Germany's largest steelmaker and a division of industrial giant thyssenkrupp. About 13,000 of those workers are employed in Duisburg. A labour agreement between tyssenkrupp Steel and trade unions currently rules o...
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Rental prices for agricultural land in Germany have risen significantly in recent years, reaching an average cost per hectare last year of €357 ($381), according to government figures released on Friday. Last year's average rents are a 9% increase over 2020, when rent for a hectare stood at €329, according to Germany's Federal Statistical Office. According to the report, there were major regional differences in rents. While an average lease fee of €99 per hectare was estimated for the state Saarland, which borders Luxembourg and France, an average of €560 was due in the state of North Rhine-We...
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German Finance Minister Christian Lindner sharply criticized European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's performance in office on Thursday, less than two months ahead of European Parliament elections. "The past years under a (European) Commission headed by Ursula von der Leyen were lost years for competitiveness," Lindner, a leading member of Germany's liberal-conservative Free Democrats (FDP), said on Thursday in Luxembourg at a meeting of eurozone finance ministers. Von der Leyen is a member of Germany's centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) who spent years as a minister under form...
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Big Western brands like Starbucks, Chanel and VW all withdrew from Russia after the Kremlin launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine. But the gaps in the market they left behind have long been filled by local firms. In Moscow's central Evropeysky shopping mall - whose name translates as "European" - most vacancies seen briefly after the West began imposing sanctions over the Ukraine war are occupied again. Retailers are selling fashion from Turkey, appliances from German manufacturer Miele and tech by Apple, all things that shouldn't be here but somehow manage to get across the border after bei...
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A budget package signed by President Joe Biden on Saturday to fund US government operations for the current financial year includes a $228 million in security aid for the Baltic States, the Estonian Foreign Ministry said. According to Tallin, the US allocated $228 million to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania through the Baltic Security Initiative (BSI), designed to support the countries' developing of air defence, maritime situational awareness and land forces. "Support from the US has significantly helped Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fast track several military infrastructure and capability deve...
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A multibillion-euro growth package to boost businesses in Germany, promising tax relief and less bureaucracy, was approved by lawmakers on Friday, but the business community was not impressed with the much-reduced final result. Originally, the law was intended to be a €7 billion ($7.6 billion) per year all-round package for all sectors, providing relief for companies in the economic downturn and incentivizing investment in climate-friendly measures. The law was passed in the lower house, or Bundestag, but the federal states in the upper house, the Bundesrat, balked at it and sent it to a media...
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