Paris, Mar. 9, (dpa/GNA) – France’s payroll employment increased in the fourth quarter reflecting the improvement in the private sector job creation, final data from…
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Hugo Boss group sales jump 27% in 2022 but sees pace slowing
Berlin, Mar. 9, (dpa/GNA) - German luxury fashion firm Hugo Boss on Thursday reported a big rise in earnings for 2022 but predicted the pace of sales…
France, EU diplomats slam Germany over combustion engine blockade
Paris, Mar. 9, (dpa/GNA) - Germany’s blockade of the EU ban on new internal combustion cars from 2035 onwards has met with criticism in France and angered…
US stocks close mixed following lacklustre session
Washington, Mar. 9, (dpa-AFX/GNA) - Following the sell-off seen in the previous session, stocks showed a lack of direction over the course of the trading day on…
European stocks close broadly higher after cautious session
Brussels/Frankfurt/Paris, Mar. 9, (dpa-AFX/GNA) - European stocks closed broadly higher on Wednesday with investors digesting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s hawkish remarks during his testimony before the…
More than 200 arrests made in week-long crackdown on drug gangs
London, Mar. 9, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) - Metropolitan Police say they made more than 200 arrests and seized over one million pounds worth of drugs during a week-long…
EU-funded autonomous lunar rovers explore lava cave on Lanzarote
Bremen, Mar. 9, (dpa/GNA) - Autonomous rovers have explored a lava cave on Lanzarote as a kind of test run for the moon, the German centre coordinating…
Retired general Pavel to be sworn in as president of Czech Republic
Prague, Mar. 9, (dpa/GNA) - The Czech Republic is due to get a new president on Thursday when recently elected Petr Pavel, a retired army general, takes…
UK home secretary brushes off Brussels warning over small boats plan
London, Mar. 9, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) - The British government will not be deflected from measures to tackle migrant small boat crossings in the Channel by EU concerns that…
Ukraine reports new wave of missile strikes across the country
Kiev, Mar. 9, (dpa/GNA) - Several Ukrainian cities reported a new barrage of Russian missile strikes early on Thursday morning. Eyewitness reports circulating on social media…
Death toll from Indonesian landslide rises to 21, many still missing
Jakarta, Mar. 9, (dpa/GNA) - The death toll from a landslide that buried homes in a village on Indonesia’s Natuna islands has risen to 21, while…
Nigerian mafia leader extradited to Rome after 10 years on the run
Rome, March8, (dpa/GNA) – A woman sometimes known as the “queen of the Nigerian mafia”, landed in Rome on Wednesday, after Nigeria extradited her…
On International Women’s Day, Paris launches equality plan
Paris, March 8, (dpa/GNA) – More protection against violence, better health care, more opportunities in the workplace: The French government wants to promote equality…
UK launches £200m programme to aid women in sub-Saharan Africa
By Desmond Davies London, March 8, GNA – The United Kingdom (UK) government, on Wednesday, unveiled a £200 million sexual and reproductive health rights…
Belgian police clear homeless asylum seekers’ tent camp in Brussels
Brussels, March 8, (dpa/GNA) – Police have evicted more than 150 homeless asylum seekers from a tent camp along a canal in Brussels on…
Berlin ballet to stage production by dog-poo attack director
Berlin, March 8, (dpa/GNA) – The Berlin State Ballet still plans to stage a production by a disgraced ballet director, recently fired from another…
Britain’s RMT union suspends all strike action after pay offer
London, March 8, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Britain’s Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) union, has suspended all industrial action for Network Rail workers, after…
Two Italian air force pilots die in training collision
Rome, March 8, (dpa/GNA) – Two Italian air force pilots died, when their light aircraft collided during a training flight over Guidonia Montecelio, to…
Bulgarian Women’s Image in BTA’s 20th Century Archives: “People’s Heroine”, Mother, Active Participant in Public Life
Sofia, March 08 (BTA/GNA) – A “people’s heroine” and active participant in public and political life: these are only some of the faces of…
Hundreds march through Dublin to call for gender equality
Dublin, March 8, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Hundreds of people have marched across Dublin, calling for government action on a range of issues affecting women,…