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Neues Integrationskonzept in Multikulti-Bundesstadt Bonn

Die einstige Bundeshauptstadt Bonn ist eine internationale Gemeinde, in der Menschen aus 173 Na-tionen zusammenleben. 22,4 % der Bonnerinnen und Bonner haben einen Migrationshintergrund. Diesem Umstand trägt die Bonner Stadtverwaltung jetzt mit einem umfangreichen Integrationskon-zept Rechnung. „Unsere Gesellschaft könne es sich nicht erlauben, den jungen Menschen mit Mi-grationshintergrund, die in einigen Bonner Stadtteilen bereits die […]

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European Disabilty Forum starts campaign for EU equality directive

The European Disability Forum (EDF) celebrates its tenth birthday with an ambitious project: unter the slogan „1Million4Disability – Make disability discrimination history“, the association starts a campaign that aims at the adoption of a EU equality directive. The EDF counted more than 50 million disabled people in the EU and demands the right to equal […]

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Execution of Saddam Hussein created vivid mobile phone and DVD market in Iraq

The execution of former Iraqui leader Saddam Hussein has created a unique revenue for mobile phone dealers in Bagdad’s suburb of Sadr-City. The video footage of Saddam’s execution quickly became a money-making bestseller, local media reported. Mobile phone dealers offered the video for downloading, demanding just a few Iraqi denars (around 25 euro cents). Phone […]

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Lithuania wants their service workers back

People in Lithuania complain of long waits for taxis, unrepaired flats and long lines at grocery stores – according to a recent workpermit.com-Report, service industry workers in Lithuania have become a rarity. Facing a low birth rate and a rapidly ageing population, the employee gap in the Lithuanian service sector is growing continuously. In order […]

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Scotland: Dramatic increase in economic migrants in the last years

According to a recent analysis, the number of migrant workers who have registered for work in Scotland has risen enormously in the last two years. 40,000 migrant workers have registered for National Insurance – that’s more than double the number of 15,000 workers counted two years before. Additionally,

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Employers in Switzerland award work life prize to families

Work life balance prizes don’t just award companies – in Switzerland, families can also be rewarded with such an honour. „Employés Suisse“, the biggest national employee organisation in Switzerland, awards three families (gay and lesbian families can also participate) that focus on a good balance between work and life.

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