Socioeconomics
Outlook For Bosnian Job-seekers Remains Grim
Almost 35,000 people in Bosnia lost their jobs in the first half of this year, new figures published by the Agency for Labour and Employment show.
Statistics published in late August reveal that 34,605 became unemployed from January to June, approximately 5 per cent of the total workforce.
- Read more about Outlook For Bosnian Job-seekers Remains Grim
- Log in to post comments
We are not making restorations, we are making constructions
We live with thousands of years of history. It comes out the more we dig.
And whatever surfaces, it necessitates the rewriting of history.
Yet not a day goes by without hearing new news about a restoration scandal.
We see cement being laid down on the floor of an archaeological theater. Or missing parts are complemented by cement blocks.
36% of Bulgarian Businesses Frown at Minimum Wage
36% of Bulgarian businesses see the minimum wage as a deterrent to employment, according to a survey requested by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy.
The biggest share of opponents to the minimum wage was registered in the cities of Montana, Veliko Tarnovo and Kardzhali, where 43% of those polled said it was a deterrent to hiring young workers.
- Read more about 36% of Bulgarian Businesses Frown at Minimum Wage
- Log in to post comments
Unemployment in Bulgaria Down to 11.4% in Q2 2014
In Q2 2014 there were 381.8 thousand unemployed Bulgarians and the unemployment rates in the country were 11.4%, data collected by the National Statistical Institute indicated.
- Read more about Unemployment in Bulgaria Down to 11.4% in Q2 2014
- Log in to post comments
Turkey’s population ‘to be 86 million in 2030’
Turkeyâs population is expected to be higher than 86.8 million as of 2030, with an increase of more than 10 million, according to a report released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
- Read more about Turkey’s population ‘to be 86 million in 2030’
- Log in to post comments
Tax official, accountant caught bribing 80-year-old over business closure
A tax inspector and an accountant were arrested on Thursday on suspicion that they had asked for a bribe to help wind up a company.
The 80-year-old man registered as the firms manager informed police that, via the accountant, the official from the Psychico tax office in Athens had demanded 30,000 euros in cash in order to help him resolve his tax issues.
Unemployment Rates in Bulgaria Reach 11.3% in 2013
Average unemployment rates in Bulgaria in 2013 were 11.3%, and the average rate of unemployed in the country was 371 380 per month, the National Statistics Institute (NSI) reports.
A substantial share of the unemployed in Bulgaria's employment offices were periodically released employed people without a mass lay offs procedure, mainly from small and medium companies.
- Read more about Unemployment Rates in Bulgaria Reach 11.3% in 2013
- Log in to post comments
Child Beggars in Bulgaria's Capital 'Numbering 400'
Over 400 children can be found begging in the streets of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, data from the Sofia Municipality has shown.
The figures have been registered during the Mobile Work with Children in the Street project launched at the Municipality in 2010, according to the information cited by the Bulgarian daily Monitor.
UN human development report faults inequality
Governments must act together to lift more people out of poverty and reduce inequality in a world where the 85 richest people have as much wealth as the 3.5 billion poorest people, the UNDP says Improvements in life spans, education and incomes are slowing due to natural disasters, misguided government policies and worsening inequality in a world where the 85 richest people have as much
- Read more about UN human development report faults inequality
- Log in to post comments
Serbian minimum wage: Under one euro per hour
Serbian minimum wage: Under one euro per hour
BELGRADE -- Serbia's net minimum wage - deducting taxes and contributions for mandatory social insurance - will be RSD 115 per hour from July until December.
The Serbian government made the decision on Friday.
- Read more about Serbian minimum wage: Under one euro per hour
- Log in to post comments