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British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt is concerned that banks are closing the accounts of customers whose views they disagree with and will call on them to respect freedom of speech, the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday.more

Employers should hire more ex-offenders to help fill Britain’s 1.1 million job vacancies, a new report argues. ReGenerate’s Good Jobs Project, set to launch on Monday, is lobbying to get those from marginalised groups, such as young people in or leaving care and the “invisibly disabled”, into work to address the “vacancy crisis” and help people.more

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Family Affairs Minister Eugenia Roccella has criticized giving dogs human names. She expressed the opinion that in this way feelings and needs are transferred to animals. Pope Francis recently addressed this topic.more

486 people were arrested during the fifth night of riots and clashes with the police in France. Destroying schools, media rooms, city hall buildings, attacking policemen, firemen and rescuers, senseless brutality - the attack on institutions we are witnessing is a symptom of the savagery of society - claims historian Pierre Vermeren.more

Four out of five respondents plan a holiday trip, and among people resigning from holidays, the main reason is the lack of financial possibilities, according to a Deloitte study.more

For the third time, the Foundation of Alan Davidson, the famous visionary architect, has awarded its award to multidisciplinary design teams. This year, a jury of experts in sustainable and socially engaged design awarded the Helping Hands project in Liverpool.more

Domestic violence still affects many women in Europe. Marzena Lesica - a Pole living in Germany on a daily basis - decided to draw attention to this in a unique way.more

The number of rough sleepers in London has risen by more than a fifth in the past year, the latest figures show.more

"No cappuccino with spaghetti" was one of the slogans of the protest held on Tuesday at Rome's Trevi Fountain. The original happening at the monument visited by thousands of tourists was organized by supporters of the tradition of Italian cuisine in order to draw attention - especially foreigners - to its rules, which, according to them, cannot be broken.more

opulation levels are estimated to have jumped by at least 2% in some of the most built-up areas of England and Wales in the year to June 2022, as people returned to towns and cities following the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, new figures suggest.more

Yesterday, the Polish government adopted a bill raising the 500 plus benefit to PLN 800 per month. The proposed changes are to enter into force on January 1, 2024.more

Puffy and reddened eyes, hunched back, raised shoulders, overweight and clawed hands - this is how, according to experts, in 70 years the victims of the currently extremely popular remote work will look like.more

Men are much less likely than women to consult a doctor. At the same time, medical statistics show that it is men who get sick more often. Thanks to preventive examinations, a man can avoid many diseases, including: testicular cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, as well as diabetes and thrombosis.more

The 75th anniversary of the arrival of the ship "Empiree Windrush", which carried the first large group of immigrants from the Caribbean, was commemorated yesterday in Great Britain, although, as the organizers of the jubilee events themselves admitted, they have a bittersweet taste.more

39 percent specialists and 69 percent. of specialists are convinced that the gender of an employee does not affect the prospects of taking a higher position, according to the Hays report "Women in the labor market 2023. DE&I policy in practice".more

For 76 percent of employees, stress at work is the cause of mental problems - according to the study "Mental well-being at work". As it was added, stress related to the performance of the profession entails professional burnout; it is less often noticed by stationary workers, and more often by hybrid and remote workers.more

UK businesses have improved female representation on their boards, research shows, but two-fifths of FTSE 100 firms still do not have a woman in one of their top four executive roles.more

Every tenth young Pole could function without a phone for at most an hour, according to the report "Młodzi vs Mobile". 78% of consumers use their phone when shopping in brick-and-mortar stores. the youngest, checking product ratings and opinions - added.more

There are a record 110 million people in the world who have been forced to leave their homes because of conflicts, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported.more

Despite the prospect of a 'climate catastrophe', the world's response to this threat remains 'pathetic' - declared UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday. He renewed his criticism of the use of fossil fuels, which he described as "incompatible" with the idea of humanity's survival.more

"Have children!": appealed to Italians Elon Musk during yesterday's evening interview on Tg1's main news service. Earlier, he met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome, reports ANSA.more

Employers are being urged to relax dress codes and allow staff to work at cooler times of the day to help them cope with the current heatwave. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said other measures include using blinds or reflective film on workplace windows to shade workers from the sun, and making sure there is plenty of drinking water.more

At least one in ten Europeans feel lonely most of the time or even always, according to a report presented by the European Commission. The loneliest are the Irish - in this country, as many as 20 percent of people complain about the lack of meaningful social relationships. population.more

Agriculture Minister Cem Oezdemir wants to fight childhood obesity with a strict ban on unhealthy food advertising. The ban on advertising aimed at children is to apply not only to sweets or crisps - the ministry's index includes almost all dairy products, the portal of the "Bild" daily found out.more