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One of the key themes to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic in the world of work has been the challenge for businesses in recruiting and retaining talent. With lockdowns and restrictions forcing companies to adapt and implement flexible working policies as a necessity, workers got a taste of what was possible. Companies are having to […]

In Kenya’s Olkaria, on the edge of Hell’s Gate National Park, are five power plants that produce around 800MW of energy – that’s enough to power more than four million homes a year. Here, the sound of green energy is like thousands of kettles boiling at once; it comes from the underground heat and steam and […]

Spain has what is widely considered to be one of the European Union’s most advanced set of laws on gender-based violence, however, last year another 50 women were murdered by their partners. While that is below the European Union´s average, the figures in Spain have been consistent in the last few years.   But how does […]

For the first time since Internet voting was introduced in Estonia, more digital votes have been cast in this month’s general election than physical paper ballots.  The Baltic nation introduced i-voting in 2005 as part of a drive to push e-government and digital services at all levels of society, meaning residents can open a bank […]

Britain’s interior minister has been forced to deny the government’s new crackdown on migrant boats crossing the Channel was announced in language “not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s”. Home Secretary Suella Braverman did a round of media interviews on Wednesday and faced a barage of questions from journalists about the new Illegal […]

Moldova is having a watershed moment in its three-decades-long existence as an independent state and its split from the crumbling Soviet Union in 1991. The eastern European country of 2.6 million is enduring the tensest times in its short history as it found itself targeted by the destabilisation plans put into action by the Russian […]

The owner of Russia’s Wagner Group military contractor claimed that Russian troops have extended their gains in the Ukrainian stronghold of Bakhmut, on Wednesday. Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose troops have spearheaded the fight in Bakhmut, said they have taken full control of all districts east of the Bakhmutka River that crosses the city. The city’s center […]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated the UN’s full support to Ukraine in a press conference with the country’s war-time president in Kyiv on Wednesday, his third trip to the country in less than a year. “The position of the United Nations, which I have consistently expressed, is crystal clear: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a […]

The Amsterdam City Council has put forward a proposal to set up a large new erotica centre, relocating the city’s infamous red light district. The planned building will have 100 places for sex workers, with space for work breaks and other facilities, according to the proposal.  The council said it wants to relocate legal prostitution […]

Demonstrators once again took to the streets of France on Wednesday decrying President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64. Trade unions have called for rolling, open-ended strikes in a bid to bring the country to halt. French train and metro drivers, refinery workers, and garbage collectors continued their […]