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Strike at newspapers called off after breakthrough in collective labor agreement negotiations
After months of labor unrest, the journalists’ union NVJ and the two major newspaper publishers in the Netherlands, DPG and Mediahuis, have agreed on wage increases for 2024 and 2025.…
European Parliament: Agreement on the EU supply chain law
Negotiators from the European Parliament and the EU states have agreed on a supply chain law. The aim is to hold large companies accountable if they profit from child labor…
Assen extends agreement with Stichting TT Week Assen for TT Festival
Director Jan Gerbrand Krol is happy with the additional two years that will be added at least for his organization with the extension of the concession. “This confirms the good…
Habeck: Budget agreement is evidence of the cohesion of the traffic light
BERLIN (dpa-AFX) – The Green Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck viewed the coalition agreement in the weeks-long budget dispute as evidence of the cohesion of the ailing alliance. “What more unpopular…
Agreement on EU legislation: platform workers will soon not be self-employed but employees
European platform workers become employees in most cases. After months of difficult negotiations, the European Parliament and the EU member states reached an agreement. For example, meal deliverers or Uber…
Government and Engie sign agreement, two nuclear power stations open for 10 years longer: “Belgium remains a nuclear country”
On Wednesday morning, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Open Vld), Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten (Green) and Thierry Saegeman (CEO Engie Electrabel) signed the agreement that allows two nuclear…
This will change the ‘historic’ climate agreement: ‘This has been discussed since the early 1990s’
Climate politicians from 198 countries have signed a ‘historic’ agreement in which they agree to phase out the use of fossil fuels. What exactly does that mean, and will we…
Dubai approves ‘in extremis’ a “historic” agreement to leave fossil fuels behind
A historic agreement. An unprecedented pact. The first commitment in history to forge a unanimous call to start a fair and accelerated “transition” to leave behind the fossil fuels that…
Final text of COP28 summit approved: agreement on reducing fossil fuels for the first time | Abroad
The new version of the final text of the climate summit in Dubai has just been approved. It contains an explicit mention for the first time about reducing fossil fuels:…
Nuclear Cabinet approves agreement with Engie to keep nuclear power plants open longer
Last night, the nuclear cabinet approved the agreement with Engie on the extension of the lifespan of the Doel 4 and Tihange 3 nuclear power stations. The ten-year extension has…