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London Ambulance Service Workers to Vote on Strike Action – Union
Date: October 11, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -London’s Ambulance Service will ballot its members on whether to carrying out strike action over a pay dispute, the GMB union said on Monday. “GMB members in the ambulance service have been forced to take a stand in order to protect patient care,” GMB organiser Lola McEvoy said in a statement. “They do...
UK Trial Lawyers to End Strike After Accepting Government Pay Offer
Date: October 10, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – British trial lawyers will end a weeks-long strike on Monday after voting to accept the government’s pay offer, their union said. The Criminal Barristers Association (CBA), which has more than 2,000 members and represents barristers in England and Wales, said roughly 57% of trial lawyers balloted on the government’s pay offer had...
Jeers, Scuffles as Trial of 2013 Spanish Train Disaster That Killed 80 Begins
Date: October 6, 2022
MADRID (Reuters) -The trial of a Spanish train driver and a former head of traffic safety at national rail-infrastructure operator Adif over a train disaster that killed 80 people in the summer of 2013 kicked off on Wednesday, with a protester punching one of the defendants in a scuffle outside the courtroom. In the country’s...
France to Turn Off Hot Water in Public Offices to Save Energy
Date: October 6, 2022
PARIS (Reuters) -France will turn off the hot water in the toilets of public buildings and order municipalities to reduce water temperatures at public swimming pools by 1 degree Celsius as part of broader plans to reduce energy consumption, the energy ministry said. President Emmanuel Macron’s government is due to announce sector-by-sector energy saving measures...
Tourism Revenues on the Mend in Mediterranean Countries
Date: October 4, 2022
(Reuters) – Even if the number of visitors has still not quite recovered to pre-pandemic levels, Mediterranean countries are enjoying a much-needed boost as inflation and a strong sector recovery lift this year’s tourist spending and tax receipts higher. The positive trend is one factor lending support to the heavily indebted economies of the region...
Central European Leaders Pledge New Measures to Stem Flow of Migrants to EU
Date: October 3, 2022
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The leaders of Hungary, Serbia and Austria pledged new measures on Monday to contain the flow of illegal migrants into the European Union through the Western Balkans, as border control forces become increasingly strained. In the first eight months of this year, 86,581 irregular entries were detected at the external borders of...