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labour costs Lowest in Bulgaria and Romania, highest in Denmark, Luxembourg and Belgium

THE FINANCIAL -- In 2018, average hourly labour costs in the whole economy (excluding agriculture and public administration) were estimated to be €27.4 in the European Union (EU) and €30.6 in the euro ...

Record 20% of Russians Say They Would Like to Leave Russia

The FINANCIAL -- Adding to the bad news last month that Russia is dangerously close to a full-blown demographic crisis, with its population declining for the first time in a decade in 2018, a new ...

Do you eat fruit and vegetables daily?

The FINANCIAL -- In 2017, around 1 in 4 people (27 %) ate fruit at least twice a day, according to a survey of the European Union (EU) population. A further 37 % of the EU population ate fruit once ...

Large Majorities in Both Parties Say NATO is Good for the U.S.

The FINANCIAL -- As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) celebrates its 70th anniversary this month, Americans overwhelmingly say being a member of NATO is beneficial for the United ...

Ukraine Bans All Flights To Russia After Opposition Politicians' Moscow Visit

The FINANCIAL -- The Ukrainian government has banned unscheduled flights to Russia after a recent visit to Moscow by two opposition ...

Voters Critical of U.S. Health Care, Not The Care They Receive

The FINANCIAL -- Voters remain much more critical of the U.S. health care system than they are of the care they receive from it. While much of the world turns to America for advanced medicine, ...

Global Report on Food Crises: awful hunger still affecting over 100 million people worldwide

The FINANCIAL -- A report presented jointly by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) finds that around 113 ...

In Georgia, SES reach increases to 670,000 TV homes, 355 Million Homes Worldwide

The FINANCIAL -- SES strengthens its position as the world’s leading video distributor via satellite as the number of TV households it serves increased by more than 4 million to over 355 million in ...

Empowerment programme – DARING – rewards socially responsible women-led business projects

The FINANCIAL -- The EBRD has stepped up its efforts to combat gender inequality in Croatia with its support for a programme that rewards socially responsible companies breaking down barriers to ...

Rating-Agentur Expert RA assigned ‘BB’ ratings to Georgia. The rating

The FINANCIAL -- The government debt structure remains favorable in terms of maturity as short-term obligations were as low as 8% of total government debt and 3,6% of GDP as of 3Q ...

Digitalisation has reached German SMEs, but they are not investing much in it so far

The FINANCIAL -- There are 3.76 million SMEs in Germany, and the share of those that concluded digitalisation projects successfully in the past three years (2015-2017) is ...

Luxury Vehicle Buyers in Brazil : BMW and Hyundai-CAOA Rank Highest

The FINANCIAL -- Buyers of luxury vehicles have higher satisfaction than buyers of volume vehicles in all five measures, according to the J.D. Power 2019 Brazil Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) ...

Khvanchkara Winery – A Century on the Market

The FINANCIAL - Khvanchkara is possibly one of the most renowned and best-quality wines in Georgia. Khvanchkara wine draws its name from the village in which it is produced, situated in the ...