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In the EU, the fifth country will increase the minimum wage to more than 2 thousand euros

Belgium plans to increase its minimum wage by 2029.88 euros per month to 2026, becoming the fifth country in the European Union, where the minimum salary ...

The largest plastic processing plant in the world has been opened in Sweden

Sweden is preparing for the plastic processing revolution by running the Site Zero project, a large sorting plant that uses advanced technologies. Using ...

India plans to build a solar power plant five times larger than Paris

In India, Adani Green Energy Limited (Agel) has started construction of the world's largest solar and wind power plant in Gujarat, which exceeds Paris ...

Charles Michel called for the transition of the EU economy to military lines and identified three main goals

The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, expressed his opinion about the need to reorient the economy of the European Union to the military component, and also emphasized the need to speed up the supply of weapons to Ukraine....

Japan's economy: unusual decisions after 17 years

The Bank of Japan took a decisive step at the meeting on March 19, 2024, announcing the refusal of negative interest rates. This is the first such solution during ...

Companies in the EU will be required to prove their non-compliance with environmental damage and human rights violations

European Union countries have adopted a draft law that requires companies to guarantee the absence of forced labor and environmental damage in the production of their goods. The initiative was supported by 17 countries from...

Turkish companies rename tankers after sanctions

The Turkish company Beks Ship Management and Trading Joint Stock Company, which operates 44 large vessels, most of which are tankers, changed their names ...

Why are chocolate prices likely to skyrocket around the world?

The main African plants engaged in the production of cocoa in COCO-D'IVUAR and Ghani cease or significantly reduce their activities due to the inability to buy cocoa beans. It can cause ...

High salaries: do they threaten the economy of Austria?

The head of the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO), Gabriel Felbermayr, expressed his concerns about the loss of wages and highlighted the problems of high wages for the economy. In the report...

How Poland and its agricultural producers increased profits by exporting to Ukraine during the war

Polish farmers continue to block the Ukrainian border, but trade with Ukraine brings significant profits to Poland, Rzeczpospolita reports. After the start of the great war, these profits only increased. Representatives...

The European Commission proposes to change the agreement on road transport with Ukraine

Earlier, Ukrainian carriers received a number of weakening. But now the rules are intended to be strengthened as follows: - to make it obligatory to have documents confirming that the transport operator properly ...

Why Japan lost its third position in the world economy and what are the reasons for its problems with growth

Significant changes were distinguished at the World Economic Forum. Japan unexpectedly entered the recession, having lost its position of the third largest economy in the world in favor of Germany. According to data ...

Orban urged not to allow Ukrainian agricultural products on the EU market

Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban has expressed his belief that Brussels leads to financial severity for European farmers. "The problem is that Brussels sets the rules that made ...

18 NATO countries increase their defense budget to 2% of GDP

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the defense budget of 18 of the 31 members of the alliance in 2024 will reach 2% of GDP. He called the increase a record,...

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