Tag: Economic crisis
Just Eat France intends to lay off a third of its employees on permanent contracts
Just Eat Takeaway will lay off 269 delivery workers on permanent contracts, i.e. a third of its employees in France. The Anglo-Dutch meal delivery group announced this earlier this week.…
soldiers deployed to service stations in the face of fuel shortages
Sri Lanka ordered the presence of soldiers at petrol stations on Tuesday March 22, after violent demonstrations in queues for fuel. Thousands of motorists are waiting at once to get…
Russia in ‘imminent’ default according to rating agency Fitch
On Tuesday, March 8, the rating agency Fitch again lowered the rating it gives to Russia’s debt from B to C. In early March, Fitch had already placed Russia in…
The UGTT union in congress, in the midst of Tunis negotiations with the IMF
In Tunisia, the General Union of Tunisian Workers, the main trade union center in the country, has been holding its congress in Sfax since Wednesday February 16 and until Friday,…
London announces nine billion pounds of household aid
The energy policeman raised the price ceiling by 54%, from April, in a context of record inflation for 30 years. With our correspondent in London, Emily Wine In one year,…
What choices for France?
“France in the upheaval of the world”, by Michel Duclos and “Metamorphosis or decline. Where is France going”, by Michel Wieworka. These two books question, among other things, the weight…
In India, the gap between rich and poor is widening
A study reveals that in India, in 5 years, the income of the most modest majority has experienced a vertiginous fall, while the income of the richest has increased sharply.…
In Paris, the booksellers on the banks of the Seine are struggling
It is the largest open-air bookstore in the world, according to the Paris City Hall, and one of the emblems of the French capital. But the booksellers on the banks…
wave of resignations among caregivers, exhausted by the Covid
The British health system, already well shaken by the pandemic, is suffering another crisis head on: that of the staff. Caregivers have been warning about chronic understaffing for years, but…
In Poland, the government establishes “a shield” to curb inflation
Inflation in Poland is at its highest level for 20 years: 8.6% for the month of December alone. The government refers to “ external factors and announced a new series…