Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to Europe as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’. 

Europe: Minimum wage rates

The latest and impending minimum wage rates across European countries can be viewed here …

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Andorra: Minimum wage to be increased from January 2018

The SMIC Mensuel (Minimum wage) in Andorra will rise from €991 …

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Europe: Geographical concentration of skills

The geographical concentration of skills is key to economic development and latest figures from Eurostat illustrate this …

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Europe: “Alliance du Routier” (road transport alliance)

Nine European Countries have a formed an “Alliance du Routier” (road transport alliance) in order to combat “social dumping” practices involving lorry drivers …

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Europe: One Step to Armageddon

In what is being termed ‘Luxury Armageddon’, prestige brands such as Prada and Ralph Lauren – and even Chanel – are all suffering from reduced business …

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Europe: Calling time on bid rigging

European Union officials are becoming increasingly concerned about bid rigging after it was revealed that in 30% of EU governmental calls for tender received just one bid last year …

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Europe: Apropos the status quo

The structure of middle incomes across Europe has come under the spotlight in recent figures published by Eurostat …

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Kosovo: Substantial rises in state pension

The Minister for social welfare and labour, Arban Abrashi, has announced that state retirement pensions will be lifted by 33%, backdated to January 2016 …

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Europe: Labour productivity statistics 2013

Labour productivity across Europe can be measured in a number of ways …

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Europe: Minimum wage increases – January 2015

January 1st 2015 saw the national minimum wage rate increase in many countries in Europe …

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