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Society
Romania Education Minister wants to ban teachers from tutoring pupils they have in class
Teachers in Romania shouldn't get paid to be tutors to the pupils they have in class but the rule is…
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Business
Record-high labor shortage in the Netherlands: more vacancies than people looking for a job
With a 3.5% unemployment rate, the Netherlands experience a record-high labor shortage with more open positions than people without a…
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Business
Tomatoes, onions, lettuce…to support its farmers, Botswana plans to keep banning imports of vegetables
Botswana implemented a long-term ban on import of 16 vegetable commodities and doesn't plan to stop it.
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Society
Data explained: E.U. economy greenhouse gas emissions for 2021 are below pre-pandemic levels, but not Q4
Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union for 2021 are below pre-pandemic levels but the last quarter actually saw an…
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Politics
Cuba approved a new penal code adding public disorder as a crime
Cuba updated the list of crimes in its penal code, now tackling environmental crimes, cyber criminality, gender violence but also…
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Business
Switzerland approves the Lex Netflix, imposing streaming platforms a product catalogue with at least 30% of European production
Switzerland voted in favor of a law that now imposes streaming platforms like Netflix and Disney+ minimum investment in Swiss…
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Business
Assets of French carmaker Renault in Russia become the property of Moscow
French carmaker Renault sold its assets in Russia to the government of Moscow city. It can buy back its shares…
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Society
Good grades usually pay more than the university reputation in the U.K.
Good grades for most students graduating in the U.K. are usually more important than the reputation of the university for…
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Business
Greece files a lawsuit against Novartis to seek financial compensation for a corruption scheme
Greece will seek financial compensation for the Novartis corruption scandal that involved two former prime ministers.
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Business
Venezuela opens shares of state companies to private investors on the stock market
Some of Venezuela's state companies will be partially privatized and open to private investment. They were nationalized a few years…
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Business
Indonesia plans a Work From Anywhere framework for government employees
As Work From Home arrangements have been widely adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesia may go further with a Work…
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Business
Between Milan and Amsterdam, laundering drug money with art trade
An operation across Italy, Spain and the Netherlands resulted in arrests for the alleged use of art trade to launder…
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Business
Vinted fined $1.2 million in Poland for a lack of transparency on its platform
Vinted was fined 1.2 million dollars in Poland for a lack of information on their website for the users. Vinted…
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Society
A woman at fault in a divorce in Turkey because she refuses to have sex with her husband
A court in Turkey considered the wife was at fault in a divorce case filled by her husband because she…
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Society
The U.S. witnessed the highest number of antisemitic incidents in 2021 since the Anti-Defamation League started its reporting in 1979
The annual tally of antisemitic incidents in the United States has never been higher in 2021 since the ADL started…
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