Potential gains and losses of remote working in Ireland evaluated by the government
Remote working in Ireland after the pandemic may save an equivalent of 1,400 euros and almost 4 days of commute each year…
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 not respected.…
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 job.…
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.…
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 increase in emissions to 2019.…
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 public disorder…
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 cinema productions and a catalogue with European content.…
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 of AvtoVAZ within the next six years.…
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 higher revenue in the following years…
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.…
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 ago by Hugo Chávez.…
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 From Anywhere policy for its government employees.…
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 profits from drug trafficking…
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 plans to appeal the decision.…
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 didn't want to have sexual intercourse with him. Yet, the Supreme Court had a different opinion for a man last year.…
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 reporting on it in 1979…
Most criminal investigations since 2008 may infringe privacy in Portugal; Att. Gen. wants the nullity of the decision
A Constitutional Court decision in Portugal may cancel most of criminal investigations of the last 14 years because storage of personal communications data was unconstitutional.…
Belgium considers a ban on advertisement of gambling to tackle addictions
Belgium proposes to ban advertisement of gambling and games of chance as "profits of the industry are made on the back of people suffering from an addiction".…
Why noise is banned in Accra for a month every year
Accra, the capital city of Ghana, has implemented a ban on drumming and noise making for a month to respect traditions of the Ga people and the seed planting period.…
A prosecutor will investigate whether the president of Peru plagiarized his master’s thesis
The president of Peru Pedro Castillo is accused of plagiarism for the thesis is wrote to get his master's degree. He rejects any irregular act.…
Donald Trump suggested launching missiles on Mexican drug laboratories, according to the former secretary of defense
The former defense secretary of the U.S. writes in a book that Donal Trump suggested to launch missiles on drug laboratories in Mexico…
Bank accounts of Bucharest Municipality frozen by a businessman
The bank accounts of the Bucharest Municipality are frozen because of a debt the city fails to pay financial compensation of lawsuits it lost against a businessman. It's not the first time accounts are frozen for this dispute that started twenty years ago.…
Colombia Constitutional Court rules sport fishing unconstitutional
The Constitutional Court of Colombia considers recreational fishing unconstitutional on the grounds of animal cruelty and the precautionary principle.…
Ghana implements its disputed tax on digital transactions
A tax on electronic transactions has raised strong opposition in Ghana. The E-levy has now been implemented but opposition members still hope to have it repealed.…
A city in Uruguay with the ambition to become the innovation hub of South America
The Uruguayan city of Colonia del Sacramento is expected to double in size in ten years with the development of a new urban area with the ambition to become a kind of Silicon Valley of South America.…
India Supreme Court rules that ‘no individuals can be forced to be vaccinated’
The Supreme Court of India considered that the body integrity of individuals encompassed the right to refuse medical treatment and could not say COVID-19 vaccine mandates were proportionate.…
Lebanon stops accepting requests for new passports until further notice
Lebanon doesn't have enough passports to meet any new requests and decided to block the application request platform, fully booked until April 2023.…
First English video of Vietnamese pop start Sơn Tùng M‑TP censored in his country
The Vietnamese pop star Sơn Tùng M-TP released his first music video in English. It was censored in his country few hours later because it would promote suicide.…
Peat fire in Irish politics
In Ireland, the sale of turf may be restricted because of environmental and health concerns. But the matter divides politicians who want to defend rural communities even inside the ruling coalition.…
The Central African Republic, first African country to adopt Bitcoin as legal currency
The Central African Republic has become the first African country to adopt Bitcoin as legal currency, and the second in the world after El Salvador. Yet, only a small part of its population has Internet access.…
Surveillance in Munich should be more difficult, Germany’s Constitutional Court rules
To protect personal data and privacy, the Constitutional Court of Germany rejected some provisions of a law in Bavaria that extended powers to intelligence activities in home surveillance and localization tracking.…
Trust in authorities, a key factor in Norway’s COVID-19 pandemic management success
Trust in one another and in the authorities has been a major factor in successfully controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.…
Audios recordings reveal cases of torture during Brazil military dictatorship
O Globo released audio recordings in which members of the Brazil Superior Military Court discuss cases of torture committed during the military dictatorship.…
Last debate between presidential candidates in the Philippines cancelled amid organization issues
Postponed at the last minute, the last debate between presidential candidates in the Philippines is eventually canceled following a controversy with the company tasked to organize it…
A ‘truth trial’ in Argentina, 98 years after the Napalpí massacre of Indigenous people
Argentina opened a trial almost 100 years after the Napalpí massacre in which at least 200 Indigenous people were killed in 45 minutes.…
In Portugal, no rental housing in condos for tourists the Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court of Portugal ruled that accommodations in residential buildings cannot be rented for tourism, a decision that could affect touristic cities like Lisbon and Porto.…
High-ranking Indonesian official suspected of corruption in palm oil trade
A director of the ministry of Trade of Indonesia is suspected of corruption as part of the ongoing issue affecting cooking oil availability and price increases in the country…
International Court of Justice rules Colombia violated Nicaragua maritime rights
The International Court of Justice mostly ruled in favor of Nicaragua in its longstanding dispute against Colombia on maritime rights in an archipelago. Colombia hoped it would protect fishing rights of its local community.…
Czech Republic considers removing the mandatory second foreign language from primary education programs
Czech Republic is considering changing the educational framework for schoolchildren in which teaching a secondary foreign language would not be mandatory anymore…
Popularity of Chile president Gabriel Boric on a downward trend
The popularity of the president of Chile Gabriel Boric has been sharply decreasing in few weeks, suffering from discussions on the constitutional convention.…