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Most Americans – especially Republicans – say local journalists shouldn’t express views on local issues

The FINANCIAL – A majority of Americans believe local journalists should not express their views on local issues, but Republicans are considerably more likely than Democrats to feel this way, according to a new Pew Research Center survey that also finds substantial partisan differences over other aspects of local news ...

Former First Lady Roelofs to Run for Zugdidi Mayor

The FINANCIAL -- Sandra Elisabeth Roelofs, wife of Georgia’s ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, will be the mayoral candidate in Zugdidi municipality of Samegrelo region in western Georgia, standing ...

Government expenditure on social protection in EU

The FINANCIAL -- General government total expenditure on social protection (as defined by COFOG) in the European Union (EU) amounted to €2,890 billion in 2017. This was equivalent to 18.8 % of GDP ...

Google Tops BCG’s List of 50 Most Innovative Companies for First Time

The FINANCIAL -- For the first time, there’s a shakeup at the top of BCG’s annual list of the most innovative companies. In this year’s global survey of more than 2,500 senior innovation ...

Production in construction down by 1.4% in euro area

The FINANCIAL – In January 2019 compared with December 2018, seasonally adjusted production in the construction sector decreased by 1.4% in the euro area (EA19) and remained unchanged in the EU28, ...

Immigration to EU countries: 4.4 million in 2017

The FINANCIAL -- A total of 4.4 million people immigrated to one of the European Union (EU) Member States during 2017, while at least 3.1 million emigrants were reported to have left an EU Member ...

Proponents of higher skilled migration intake in Germany outnumber opponents two to one

The FINANCIAL -- Skills shortages are making it increasingly harder for enterprises in Germany to fill job vacancies. The main reason is the ongoing employment boom of the past years, and in the ...

Germans Invented Daylight Saving Time—Now They're Going to Kill It

The FINANCIAL -- Is Daylight Saving Time annoying? Millions of Germans say, ...

Hard-to-fill ICT vacancies: how countries compare

The FINANCIAL -- During 2017, 9 % of EU enterprises recruited or tried to recruit ICT specialists and 5 % reported having hard-to-fill vacancies for jobs requiring relevant ICT skills. In other ...

The mean age of first marriage in 2018 equaled 27.7 years for females and 30.4 years for males

The FINANCIAL -- The number of live births equaled 51 138 in 2018 (26 538 male and 24 600 female babies), registering a 4.0 percent decrease from the previous year. Compared to 2017, the sex ratio ...

Mounting pressure beginning to drive progress for women in senior leadership

The FINANICIAL – The percentage of businesses globally with at least one woman in senior management has risen to 87%, an increase of 12% in the last year, according the latest Women in Business ...

First `Golden key` in Georgia

The FINANCIAL -- Radisson Blu Iveria Tbilisi’s Concierge - Otar Bakhtadze was honoured with a First Golden key in Georgia. “Les Clefs d'Or” 2019 Annual Meeting was held this March in ...

Vacancy Announcement for Investment Board Members of Pension Agency of Georgia

In 2018, Georgia adopted the Law of Georgia on Pensions Savings (hereinafter the “Law”), based on a defined contribution pension scheme, in which the employer, employee and the state make ...