Such is life – a used car, which is looked at with a wry smile at the official dealership, is joyfully greeted in the left garages. Demand creates supply, and the average age of a car in Latvia is 15 years! Billion turnovers According to data shared at a meeting of the Saeima subcommittee on … Read more
Some of the most avant-garde scientific centers in Spain are governed by a paradoxically very old system: the same man in charge for decades. Doctor Bonaventura Clotet has directed the IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute since its creation 29 years ago in Badalona. The physicist Pedro Miguel Echenique has presided over the Donostia International Physics Center … Read more
During the collective bargaining for the 68,000 employees in the north-west German steel industry, IG Metall and the employers reached an agreement during the night. After the fourth round of negotiations, the steel employers’ association and IG Metall announced that employees should receive a 6.5 percent increase in wages and salaries from August 1st. The … Read more
BarcelonaOn New Year’s Day 2002, the images were repeated in all the media in Europe: excited citizens withdrew the first euros from ATMs. The euro was in circulation and, in the eyes of the people, it was definitely a new reality that further strengthened the economic ties of eleven countries – currently 19 – of … Read more