By Leonidas Stergiou The plan to close 120 bank branches and cut staff by 1,500-1,600 within the year is on hold due to the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine. The crisis was a game-changer for banks, as it amplified the social and economic impact of network and employee restructuring. In a period of […]
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The British Labor Party is on the counterattack
Today all eyes are on Rishi Sunak’s first four-a-four debate with Liz Truss. Their positions on main issues have not yet been clarified, as only four days have passed since the announcement of this final duo, while their controversial statements during this time, make the turn of the debate even more interesting. The Labor Party, […]
Germany: The workforce from outside the EU has tripled in a decade
The number of fixed-term contract workers from countries outside the European Union has tripled in the past decade in Germany, according to figures from the federal statistics office (Destatis). In 2021 Germany had 295,000 non-EU migrant workers. Indians were 33,900 or 11% of all non-EU workers with a temporary residence permit in Germany. The Chinese […]
Britain: Johnson admits talking to ex-KGB agent after Salisbury chemical attack
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s revelation that he had met former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev at the height of the Novichok nerve agent poisoning case in Salisbury constitutes a “serious breach of security”, according to opposition Labour. Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper described the meeting between then Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Lebedev as “unthinkable” […]
Training programs for 150,000 workers are coming
By Dimitris Katsaganis Training programs with an emphasis on digital and “green” skills for 150,000 workers in the private sector (that is, for 1/12 of the employees in the said sector) the Public Employment Service (formerly OAED) is preparing to “run” in the coming months. This was reported to Capital.gr by a high-ranking source from […]
Britain: Labor will seek an election by filing a motion of no confidence in Parliament
The leader of Britain’s opposition Labor Party said today he will move to call a national election by moving to a vote of impeachment against Prime Minister Boris Johnson next week unless Conservative MPs act to oust him sooner. Johnson has said he will step down when a new Tory leader is chosen, with further […]
Australia: Labor regains power after 9 years
The Australian Labor Party will form the country’s new federal government tomorrow, Monday, as unprecedented support from the Greens and independent environmentalists helped end almost a decade of Conservative rule. The center-left Labor Party remained four to five seats below the majority in the House of Commons (about 72, while it needs 76 of 151) […]
Britain: Police investigate Labor leader for possible breach of lockdown rules
The British police announced today that they are launching an investigation against Kir Starmer for a possible violation of the rules for Covid-19 at a rally in 2021 in which the leader of the opposition Labor Party participated, in the light of “important new information”. Starmer, who had previously served as the country’s attorney general, […]
Labor leader: The turning point in the results of the local elections in Britain
Opposition Labor leader Kir Starmer has hailed the results of yesterday’s local elections as a turning point for his party, welcoming the gains made in London, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ruling Conservative Party lost. “Fantastic result, absolutely fantastic. Believe me, this is a big turning point for us from the 2019 general election,” Starmer […]
Britain: Labor leader attacked by protesters
Shortly after 5pm on Monday, a small group of anti-vaccinators surrounded and verbally attacked Labor leader Sir Kir Starmer as he was leaving the British Parliament. From the videos that came to Public Starmer is protected in a narrow cell by the policemen, while repeatedly heard by the furious protesters, the word “traitor”, due to […]