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Don’t Bring Your Babies Into Parliamentary Debates, UK Lawmakers Told
Date: June 30, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers should not bring babies to parliamentary proceedings and debates, a committee reviewing the rules said on Thursday. The decision stirs a debate about whether the working culture in parliament acts as a deterrent to some potential candidates. That has in recent years encompassed not only whether it is compatible with...
Sri Lanka Rushes to Find Fuel as Shortages Hit Schools, Workers
Date: June 28, 2022
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – A Sri Lankan government minister was in Qatar on Tuesday and another will travel to Russia at the weekend in search of energy deals to alleviate a severe fuel shortage that is crippling the economy of the island nation and forcing many schools to close. The South Asian country...
France to Give Civil Servants 3.5% Pay Hike to Tackle Inflation
Date: June 28, 2022
By Caroline Pailliez PARIS (Reuters) -France will raise the salary index of its civil servants by 3.5% on July 1 in order to tackle rising inflation, Public Sector Minister Stanislas Guerini said on Tuesday. The index used for the global calculation of civil servants’ remuneration has been frozen since 2017 as inflation had been low....
France Working on Contingency Plans as Energy Crisis Looms
Date: June 27, 2022
By Dominique Vidalon and Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) -France is working on contingency plans for cuts to Russian gas flows as top bosses at energy companies urge individuals and businesses to reduce power use. France is less reliant than some of its neighbours on gas imports from Russia, which account for about 17% of its...
UK Trial Lawyers Stage Walkouts in Dispute Over Funding
Date: June 27, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawyers involved in criminal trials will stage a walkout on Monday in a dispute over government funding, refusing to take on new cases or cover cases for colleagues which have overrun. Barristers voted for action earlier this month with more than 80% of its 2,055 members backing walkouts, the Criminal Bar...
EU Plans Another 50 Billion Euros of Issuance for Recovery Fund in 2022
Date: June 24, 2022
(Reuters) – The European Union said on Friday it would issue another 50 billion euros ($52.7 billion) of long-term debt in the second half of 2022 to back its coronavirus recovery fund. That will be complemented by short-term bills issuance and add to the 50 billion euros it is targetting for the first half of...