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A review on the Ash Dieback situation will be brought to Cabinet today in advance of its publication by the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Pippa Hackett.
German healthcare group Fresenius said it was examining whether the state aid it received to help offset high energy costs at its hospitals business would bar it from making management bonus and dividend payments. "Fresenius is examining the pertinent rules and the legal repercussions very carefully at the moment," a company spokesperson said in a statement, adding it would discuss the matter with a new German regulatory body. In an interview with Sunday paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung made available to Reuters, CEO Michael Sen was asked how the group would deal with a...
The 90-page report, “Trading Lives for Profit: How the Shipping Industry Circumvents Regulations to Scrap Toxic Ships on Bangladesh’s Beaches” finds that Bangladeshi shipbreaking yards often take shortcuts on safety measures, dump toxic waste directly onto the beach and the surrounding environment, and deny workers living wages, rest, or compensation in case of injuries. The report reveals an entire network used by shipowners to circumvent international regulations prohibiting the export of ships to facilities like those in Bangladesh that do not have adequate environmental or labor prot...
It’s the satisfaction of producing food that keeps Chiara going: despite the time suck of bureaucratic burdens, she is harvesting herbs, fruits and berries as well as shiitakes, and excitingly, producing jams and preserves on the farm.
French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire walks a budget tightrope as he aims to ease spending and bring down debt, but without raising taxes.