Ajax Amsterdam have parted company with coach Maurice Steijn after a disastrous start to the season. The famous club is in penultimate place in the Dutch football premier league after nine rounds.more
The owners of the first sushi bar in Inverness, Sushi Inverness, have opened a brand new Polish takeaway called the Pizza Baguette in Grant Street.
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85 per cent of employees and 92 per cent of team managers work overtime, according to the Hays Poland and Baker McKenzie report 'Overtime 2023'. The main reason for such work is too many work responsibilities.more
The days when the girlboss was hailed a feminist icon are over and now Gen Z are ushering in the era of the "snail girl" — a trend that sees women prioritize a slower life of happiness and self-care over hustle culture and overwork, writes Insider.more
Almost half a million workers in the UK whose employers are signed up to pay the voluntary real living wage are in line for a pay rise to at least £12 an hour, taking their annual wage to £3,000 a year above the government’s minimum wage.
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There were riots in central Istanbul on Monday night before the Champions League football match between Galatasaray and Bayern Munich, Turkish media reported.more
At a meeting in Luxembourg, the EU's '27' ministers responsible for fisheries agreed next year's catch limits. Importantly for Poland, there will be no ban on herring fishing in the Baltic Sea next year - this was previously proposed by the European Commission.more
Streaming platform DAZN and broadcaster Sky Italia will retain the rights to broadcast Italian Premier League football matches for the next five seasons. They will pay €4.5 billion for it.more
The Russian defence ministry has begun recruiting women for the war in Ukraine as snipers and drone operators, the Kremlin-independent Russian portal Meduza reported yesterday.more
Permanent immigration to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries reached its highest level ever in 2022, according to a report published yesterday by the OECD. Last year, 6.1 million people arrived in these countries for permanent residence.more
Israel's cancelled matches in the European Championship football qualifiers have been moved to November, FIFA has announced. The calendar change was forced by the Hamas attack on Israel.more
At least seven people have died in the UK as a result of flooding resulting from Storm Babet, which has passed through the country in recent days. The flood threat is still in force today.more
In the German Bay off the island of Helgoland, two freighters collided in the open sea: the Polish Shipping Company's MS Polesie (190 metres long and 29 metres wide) and the Verity (91 metres long, 14 metres wide). Several people are missing," writes the Bild daily portal.more
More than one million children in the UK experienced the most extreme form of poverty last year - that is, their families could not afford to feed, clothe, keep themselves hygienic or keep warm - according to a report published today by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).more
Tottenham Hotspur's 2-0 win at home against Fulham in the London derby saw them defend their position as leaders of the English Football Premier League after nine rounds.more
In Sweden, real wages have decreased in the last two years for the first time since the 1990s due to high inflation. The average gross salary in this country is 38,300 kroner (PLN 14,500); income tax still has to be paid on this depending on where you live.more
In the village of Conqueiros in central Portugal, the world's oldest dog, Bobi, has parted with his life. The four-legged pet was more than 31 years old, meaning he was the longest-lived dog in the world.more
Tomorrow's match between Paris Saint-Germain and AC Milan in Paris promises to be the most interesting of all the matches in the 3rd round of the Champions League group stage of football. Emotional moments await Manchester United as they play at Old Trafford for the first time following the death of legend Sir Bobby Charlton.more
92 per cent of people segregate packaging waste, 13 per cent more than last year, according to a survey by the research company SW Research, commissioned by the ProKarton Foundation. People were reminded that milk or juice cartons should be put in the yellow container.more
