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Remote workers are being subjected to increased surveillance by employers, according to a report by UK workers union, The Trades Union Congress (TUC).more

The British-Dutch petrochemical company Shell has announced that as a result of Russia's attack on Ukraine, it is withdrawing from all ventures with the Russian energy company Gazprom. The day before, the British concern BP made a similar decision.more

Only a strong response can stop the aggression; we will call for the Nord Stream 2 project not only to be suspended, but to be terminated, Climate and Environment Minister Anna Moskwa told journalists in Brussels yesterday.more

The Russian-German Nord Stream gas pipeline should not have been built at all, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's idea to strengthen democracy in Russia through trade was a mistake, the Swedish daily Goeteborgs-Posten assesses today.more

Russian invasion of Ukraine could further hike global energy prices and cut real incomes by 3.1%, economists fear more

Almost 2 in 3 adults say they have at least one symptom of depression that lasts at least 14 days. This is the result of the UCE RESEARCH and SYNO Poland research conducted for the ePsycholodzy.pl platform. As experts emphasize, this does not mean that so many Poles get sick, but the data are disturbing.more

A woman celebrating her 108th birthday has said a daily glass of red wine is the secret to her long life. more

Following the Russian attack on Ukraine, some Kiev residents are trying to flee, while others are stocking up on food, Reuters reports. "I am leaving because war has broken out, Putin has attacked us, we are afraid of bombings," confessed Oksana, driving one of the cars stuck in a traffic jam on an exit road from the capital.more

The number of people homeless in England is predicted to jump by a third by 2024 as councils warn of a “tidal wave” of need caused by benefits freezes, soaring food and energy bills and the end of Covid eviction bans.more

8 percent 60-year-olds feel discriminated against because of their age in the workplace; among people 40+, it is indicated by 3 percent. respondents - according to the report of the Polish Economic Institute.more

Due to the pandemic, the number of marriages in Italy in 2020 fell by almost 50 percent, a record in recent decades. The following year there were more, but still far fewer than before the health crisis, the Statistical Institute (Istat) announced today.more

Wandsworth has the highest ratio of young women to men in the country, research shows.more

During the pandemic, growing antisemitism is more and more openly demonstrated, writes the RND portal, noting that it has become widespread in Germany, mainly due to its dissemination on the Internet.more

Last year, for the first time in almost 10 years, the main direction of Poles' relocation was not Great Britain, but Germany, according to the report published on Tuesday. There was also a lower share of returns to the country, and in terms of domestic removals, there was a tendency to move out of large cities.more

At the beginning of February, 24 percent. inhabitants of Poland believed that the situation in the country was going in the right direction, and as many as 59 percent. was the opposite. 18 percent did not have an opinion on this subject. - results from the CBOS poll.more

Employees are afraid to ask for pay rises, often preferring to change jobs rather than talk to their bosses about a pay rise - assessed labor market experts yesterday during the presentation of the results of the Labor Market Monitor by the Randstad Research Institute.more

Italians, Americans, Hungarians and Slovaks enjoy the greatest sympathy among Poles; in turn, the greatest reluctance is expressed towards Russians and Arabs, according to a CBOS poll.more

Nearly one in three blue-collar workers have changed jobs during the pandemic, and one in two are confident they would easily get a new job in their specialty, according to a survey released yesterday. It pointed to an increase in demand for blue-collar workers.more

A massive power cut plunged parts of London and Hertfordshire into darkness tonight.more

Pay-as-you-go customers are already going without gas and electricity in greater numbers ahead of big price rises, an energy supply boss has said.more

A record number of anti-Semitic incidents were reported in Britain last year, the Community Security Trust (CST), a Jewish charity that monitors anti-Semitism in the country, reported Thursday.more

Four out of five Germans are worried about the next billing of heating costs due to rising energy prices, according to a survey published on Friday, writes the website of the weekly "Spiegel".more

Most of the US states with the lowest life expectancy in 2019 were in the south. Hawaiians can live the longest, according to a report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).more

Octopus Energy will offer free electricity to its 1.4 million smart meter customers who can hit electricity reduction targets during peak hours. We've full info on who can get it and how to apply below. more

"Super Express" reports that the government in Poland is working on changing the real wage growth rate. The daily emphasizes that inflation is ruining the budgets of seniors who are afraid of low valorization of benefits and complain that pensions on the Vistula are too low.more