The European Commission says member states should drop restrictions on workers from the newest members in the light of evidence that the legendary Polish plumber and his colleagues have had a positive impact on the economies of their host countries.
Switching jobs from Chief Yahoo to Yahoo Chief does not sound like a stretch. It was for Jerry Yang.
Zmiana stanowiska z szefa Yahoo na szefa w Yahoo nie brzmi jak wyrok. Rzecz dotyczy oczywiście Jerry’ego Yanga.
Germany should launch a much more ambitious economic stimulus package as part of a concerted European response to the gathering economic crisis, a European Central Bank policymaker has urged.
Pirates are not the only source of concern off the African coast. The deal South Korea’s Daewoo Logistics is negotiating with the Madagascan government looks rapacious.
Po raz pierwszy w historii polskiego eteru, na antenie stacji komercyjnej
When Italy takes up the chair of the Group of Eight leading nations in January the context will be very different to that of its 2001 presidency. Back then, the G8 was dealing with the consequences of a unipolar international system. Come 2009, near the top of the agenda will be the enlargement of the club to new powers, starting with China and India. But it is still not clear whether Italy will preside over the reform of the G8 or its burial; which, in a way, is the same thing.
It is a truth occasionally acknowledged that if you lay a map of China over one of the US, some striking similarities emerge. Their size is uncannily close, with both occupying almost exactly 6.5 per cent of the world’s land mass. Their shapes are broadly similar, if you make allowances for Alaska. (That at least spares us a Chinese version of Sarah Palin.) Both have a rich eastern seaboard – the US has a rich western one too – and swathes of relatively underdeveloped hinterland. History has placed their most important city, Beijing and New York, in the top north-east corner, and their Mecca to Mickey Mouse, Hong Kong and Anaheim, in the south.
The number of east and central Europeans registering to work in the UK has fallen to the lowest level since their countries joined the European Union four years ago, according to Home Office figures released yesterday.
The number of east and central Europeans registering to work in the UK has fallen to the lowest level since their countries joined the European Union four years ago, according to Home Office figures released yesterday.