Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Middle East as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Gulf States: The Abu Dhabi Dialogue
A meeting between officials and ministers of 16 Asian States took place recently in Abu Dhabi as part of an ongoing “dialogue” …
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Arab States: A new ILO’s project – SOLIFEM
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has launched its SOLIFEM project to encourage tripartite social dialogue in the Arab States …
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Gulf States: Pakistan to chair Abu Dhabi Dialogue for two-year term
Pakistan will chair the Abu Dhabi Dialogue for the next two years …
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Nagorno-Karabakh: A focus for investment
This politically contested region in the caucasus mountains hardly yet appears on the radar of many multinational companies, let alone being a hotspot for future HR attention …
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Middle East: Latent turmoil
Companies operating in the Middle East may wish to keep their thumb over the withdraw button …
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Middle East: Impact of the downturn
The combined impact of the health crisis and lower oil prices has hit Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states, whilst Turkey and Lebanon’s already weak economies are now in free fall …
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Northern Cyprus: No sufficient funds to pay public sector
This Turkish-occupied territory, which only a handful of countries in the world recognise, is insolvent and without sufficient funds to pay its large public sector …
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Middle East: Regional HR pitfalls
Employers operating in the Middle East have never been able to ignore the political landscape that is the backdrop to every HR decision that is made …
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Yemen: Blockade
The blockade against supplies coming into the country is leading to a huge crisis with over 2 million people (including 50,000 children) estimated by the UK Foreign Office as facing death by starvation in the next few months …
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Middle East: Governments introduce new taxes to raise money
Falling oil revenues and rising budget deficits in the middle easy are forcing governments to look for new ways to raise funds …
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