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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