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Rules for hiring foreign labour will be relaxed under new plans proposed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs; companies will be able to hire 1.300-2.500 workers who earn at least the average Estonian wage

Belene Island Foundation, an NGO, wants to honour with a memorial the 15.000 people considered enemies of the communist regime who were interned in Persin, many of whom died as a result of forced labour

Only 1 in 8 companies in Albania paid taxes on profits in 2023, according to official data from the Ministry of Finance

Nearly four million of Rolex Submariner and Sea Dweller diving watches were produced between 1953 and 2020; all Submariner watches make a total value of almost $50 billion, based on analysis of the first-ever release of production data by the watchmaker

A standard package of benefits for young specialists working in the countryside needs to be drawn up, according to President Lukashenko, to bring agricultural environments up to date and bringing young people back to the villages

The Dutch government is pushing ahead with its plan to introduce free childcare - or almost so - for working parents in 2027, despite the growing shortage of staff in the sector

At the end of September, there were 324.712 persons registered with employment agencies and services in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a decrease of 5.117, or 1,55%, compared to the previous month

The number of phishing attacks in the country has exploded in the past four years, increasing almost fifty-fold since 2020, said Justice Minister Elisabeth Margue

A new report by the Centre for Security Studies in Kosovo, produced in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, has warned of the threat of Russian disinformation aimed at portraying Kosovo as a failed state, questioning its independence

Addressing COP29 on behalf of Pope Francis and the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin urged urgent climate action, linking environmental protection to peace, justice, and global solidarity, and warning that indifference enables injustice

Brussels taxi drivers will mobilise for a demonstration today, 14 November, to highlight the sector's favouritism towards Uber and Bolt platforms and to demand a review of the June 2022 taxi ordinance for those aspects, that they consider discriminatory

The scores of Slovenian grade-8 students have decreased compared to ten years ago, and in terms of computer literacy they have fallen below the international average, according to the International Computer and Information Literacy Study