Labor

Minister says Karaman mining accident no ‘natural disaster’ as poor safety record revealed

Efforts were still ongoing to rescue the 18 workers still trapped underground at a mine in Turkey’s Karaman province on Oct. 31, as officials adopted a harsher tone against the company operating the site, which had described the flooding of the facility as a “natural disaster.”

Middlemen thwart mine closures, Turkish labor minister says after disaster

Labor Minister Faruk Çelik expresses his exasperation at mining safety in Turkey, suggesting efforts to improve conditions are being blocked by a coterie of interests Turkish Labor Minister Faruk Çelik has admitted that the state is having trouble in closing down mines under bad conditions, implying that local nepotism was hampering efforts.

Hopes dim as 18 Turkish miners remain under 11,000 tonnes of water

Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yıldız announced early Oct. 29 that the water level in the flooded Karaman mine started to decrease almost 15 hours after the incident, but hopes were fading as 18 trapped miners remained below 11,000 tonnes of water Hopes were fading on Oct.

Troika, gov't talks to focus on lagging privatization drive

Greece's lagging progress in the privatization of state assets was expected to be the focus of talks on Friday between officials of the privatization agency TAIPED and troika mission chiefs with the foreign envoys said to be pressing for selloffs worth 10 billion euros by the end of 2016.

Labor Inspectorate Found Out 143 Violations before Closing Down Ammo Plant

Bulgaria's General Labor Inspectorate has issued a decree to close the explosives plant Midzhur, hours after a blast in the factory razed it to the ground killing 15 employees.

The plant, which is owned by the company Vitex JSC, will be prevented from operating only temporarily until the details around the explosion have been settled, the Executive Agency said in a statement.

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