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Rhali Dobson hat gerade ihr letztes Spiel ihrer Fussballkarriere hinter sich. Ihr Freund überrascht sie noch auf dem Spielfeld mit einem Heiratsantrag.

Über 2000 Kilometer haben Coca-Cola-Flaschen hinter sich, die bei Coop im Regal stehen. Sie werden in der Ukraine abgefüllt. Experten sind sich einig: Das macht keinen Sinn.

Le gouvernement a dévoilé les noms et la numérotation des dix nouvelles wilayas ainsi que leurs sièges. En effet, l’édition du 25 mars 2021 du journal officiel d’Algérie inclut le Décret présidentiel n° 21-117 du 8 Chaâbane 1442 correspondant au 22 mars 2021 complétant le décret n° 84-79 du 3 avril 1984 fixant les noms […]

L’article La numérotation et les sièges des 10 nouvelles wilayas dévoilés est apparu en premier sur .

Remarks by President Charles Michel following the video conference of the members of the European Council of 25 March 2021

Le duo Corentin Kohoué - Iréné Agossa, candidat à la présidentielle du 11 avril 2021 présente un programme d'actions dont le but est de « Restaurer la Confiance pour que le peuple s'exprime ! ».

Le Programme d'actions du duo du mandat de la transition repose sur 16 axes. Corentin Kohoué et Iréné Agossa ont fait des propositions dans les domaines de l'artisanat, la culture, le tourisme, le sport, l'éducation, l'économie, les relations internationales et la diplomatie ; l'agriculture, la santé, la décentralisation et la déconcentration ; le numérique, la sécurité et la défense.

Selon le duo présidentiel, le Plan d'Urgence pour la Restauration de La Confiance aura une durée moins courte que le mandat de 5 ans. « C'est dire que nous ne conduirons pas à terme le quinquennat que le peuple béninois s'apprête, en Avril 2021, à nous offrir. Nous rendrons le tablier après l'organisation des élections générales inclusives, libres et transparentes que nous proposons et qui permettra de mettre en place un Parlement réellement représentatif de la volonté du peuple souverain, cœur de toute démocratie », peut-on lire dans le document du duo.

En ce qui concerne l'axe ‘'L'état de droit, démocratie et paix'', le duo très attaché au « contrat social » de 1990, (Constitution du 11 décembre 1990), prévoit convoquer dès 2022 une Conférence Nationale de Restauration, organiser une élection référendaire en 2022 et les élections générales en 2023.

« En 2023, nous appellerons les compatriotes béninoises et béninois aux urnes pour élire leurs représentants dans les gouvernements locaux ou collectivités locales, leurs représentants à l'Assemblée Nationale et leur(s) dirigeant(s) au sommet de l'Etat », ajoute le duo présidentiel Kohoué-Agossa.

L'organisation des élections générales permettra selon le duo « de rétablir l'équilibre des différents pouvoirs, exécutif, législatif et judiciaire, de manière à ce que l'un ne devienne pas l'extension de l'autre pour qu'on n'assiste plus au micmac institutionnel entretenu au service d'un individu et d'un clan, au détriment du peuple ».

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Dans le cadre de l'élection présidentielle du 11 avril, la Haac a publié la liste des chaînes de télévision et radio retenues pour la campagne médiatique. Elles assurent la diffusion des programmes d'émissions des duos Président et Vice-président candidats conformément aux dispositions des articles 19, 20 et 21 de la décision n◦21-017/HAAC du 16 janvier 2021 portant règlementation de la campagne médiatique pour l'élection présidentielle de 2021.

Az oktatásügyi tárca március 22-én döntött arról, hogy idén elmaradnak az érettségik Szlovákiában. Erről és az online oktatás tapasztalatairól beszélgettünk Andruskó Imrével, a komáromi Selye János Gimnázium igazgatójával és Vetter Jánossal, a komáromi Gépipari és Elektrotechnikai Szakközépiskola igazgatójával.

FCB-Boss Bernhard Burgener hält sich zum andauernden Besitzer-Streit weiter bedeckt, hat aber weiterhin grosse Pläne mit Rot-Blau. Bei der Präsentation der Geschäftszahlen sagt er: «Es ist ganz wichtig, dass wir die Mannschaft im Sommer noch einmal verstärken.»

Régésztörténetek címmel nyílt virtuális kiállítás a Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum Régészeti Örökségvédelmi Igazgatósága (MNM RÖG) és a miskolci Herman Ottó Múzeum által a leendő Miskolc-Kassa autópálya nyomvonalán, a Hernád völgyében folytatott régészeti feltárások eredményeiből.

Grossbritanniens jüngste Lottogewinnerin ist heute pleite: Wilde Parties, Designerklamotten, Schönheits-OPs und Autos trieben Callie Rogers (33) in den Ruin. Doch damit nicht genug: Am Mittwoch musste die Frau auch noch vor Gericht erscheinen.

Lesz-e Marine Le Pen elnök 2022-ben?

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Freudige Nachrichten aus dem schwedischen Köngishaus. Prinz Carl Philip und Prinzessin Sofia sind zum dritten Mal Eltern geworden.

Im Gerichtssaal weinte sie und erzählte von massiver häuslicher Gewalt: Barbara H.* (58) will ihren Lebenspartner Walter F.* (†57) im Dezember 2018 in Derendingen SO aus Notwehr getötet haben. Nun hat das Gericht das Urteil gefällt.

Le bilan des contaminations à la variante britannique et nigériane du coronavirus demeure stable ces derniers jours en Algérie. Quant au bilan journalier des contaminations au coronavirus, ce dernier présente une hausse depuis désormais deux jours consécutifs. Après avoir enregistré une baisse considérable les jours précédents avec un bilan inférieur au seuil des 100 cas […]

L’article Covid-19 en Algérie : Un bilan qui continue sa hausse est apparu en premier sur .

Die zuständige Kommission des Nationalrats ist einstimmig auf die AHV-Vorlage eingetreten. Die Mehrheit unterstützt neben der Erhöhung des Rentenalters der Frauen auf 65 Jahre auch die anderen drei Kernelemente der Vorlage.

Az egészségügyi minisztérium intenzív munkát folyat annak érdekében, hogy mindazokkal együtt, akik a koruknál fogva jogosultak a vakcinára, a krónikus betegeket is beoltsák a COVID-19 betegség ellen.

To Enrique González Rojo (1928-2021), friend, comrade in many struggles, admirable poet, and Marxist thinker

By Saul Escobar Toledo
MEXICO CITY, Mar 26 2021 (IPS)

A compilation of testimonies collected by Blanca Velázquez Díaz and published by the Ebert Foundation (available at: http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/mexiko/17328.pdf) offers an account of the harsh reality by which some workers of the maquila industry in the Mexican state of Morelos have gone through over these last twelve months. Their words reflect, undoubtedly, similar experiences of millions of workers in different parts of the country.

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The author explains the interviews were conducted by phone in mid-2020; the workers´ ages range from 20 to 40 years; their level of education is elementary and middle school; they come from the countryside or small urban communities where there are few chances to get a job, so they move to the larger cities of the State of Morelos, where the maquiladoras are set to produce for major brands belonging to international consortia.

Their working conditions were already very unfavorable: in the textile sector and specifically in the branch of clothing and footwear, working days exceed eight hours a day, time in which they are permanently seated in non-designed chairs ergonomically, supporting extremely high temperatures in closed places with little ventilation.

The spread of COVID-19 made matters worse. Mainly, the bosses of the maquilas in Morelos did not respect the official recommendations and opted for the dismissal of their employees or cut half of the wages they received weekly.

For example, a worker identified as Lili said, “The company is paying me 280 pesos (14 dollars) a week …” while another, Anita says, “I am now working cleaning houses, the truth is that $ 400 pesos (20 dollars) the factory is giving me now is not enough”. Other interviewees indicated that they have received half of their salary.

Vicky: “Getting only half the salary the situation is bad, what am I going to do with only $ 400 pesos a week? that’s tough for me, and the company has us on hold, no one knows when I will get back to work … ”

Some more, a little luckier, affirmed that “From April 3 they sent us to rest with a base salary, which is really very little, 833 pesos (41 dollars) a week …”

There were also cases in which the workers decided to stop working so as not to get infected, and were fired:

Brenda: “… the company chose me to continue working on contingency days, but I saw that several colleagues went home sick with symptoms of COVID-19 and that was why I decided not to expose myself to the Coronavirus, my supervisor was terribly angry with me for making that decision, but I was sure that what I had decided was the right thing to do, to stay home and protect myself. Now I am fired, I was no longer called. ”

Almost all confessed going through a very tense emotional situation:

Justina: “Well, personally in the mental sphere I want to take things easy, but it is a bit impossible when I watch television or social networks, since they are flooded with what is happening in the pandemic and with bad news. They have been very outrageous at the time of reporting, I think that’s why, so sometimes I can’t get to sleep … ”

Finally, the workers were questioned about government aid. All answered they did not receive any support from the federal, state, or municipal governments:

María: ” No, at least nothing to me, I only remember that once the assistant of the mayor of the municipality (Emiliano Zapata) was distributing pantries, but they had a cost …”

Vicky: “Oops! nothing, not a glass of water …! ”

Anita: “The truth is, nothing, at least not even a pantry has arrived here in my neighborhood. ”

The author of the compilation concludes that, according to the testimonies collected,

“The more important consequences (observed) were unjustified dismissals … during these months of health emergency. The major concern of workers is how to generate an income … since the current employment situation looks increasingly difficult. Their mental and emotional health is in constant tension…, especially due to the low economic resources to support their families; besides, they are fearful about the possible spread of COVID-19 when they must exit their homes and go to the streets looking for an (extra) income … Add to this situation the double and triple work burden. Home education of their minor sons and daughters is generating many more hours of work for them. The care, especially of children, continues to fall primarily on women, just because they are females, with multiple responsibilities and little or no help from their partners, a situation that has led to stress, worry, anxiety, and insecurity, to mention some consequences ”

Another important piece of information refers to the behavior of the unions. According to the testimonies collected, Blanca Velázquez assures that in normal times the unions do not defend their affiliates; neither they have done in times of pandemic since they abided unashamedly business decisions and left the worker abandoned to their fate.

Finally, the text calls our attention about the almost total absence of the Mexican State in this situation, particularly the federal government. Rightly concludes the author of this collection, that:

“The social programs that the federal government has promoted for particular sectors, especially vulnerable ones, should be expanded for the workers laid off or when the bosses did not comply with the full payment of wages. We believe that programs for people who were laid off should be promoted immediately or, failing that, (legislate) unemployment insurance to alleviate this serious situation and train those who require it to be able to be employed in other trades or professions”.

Millions of wage earners have been deprived of any help and it has had a high social cost and become an obstacle to economic recovery. It is difficult to understand the reasons that led the government to this oversight. Perhaps they expected companies would pay total wages or that layoffs could be resolved quickly. However, it was likely that they did not, as indeed happened, due to the behavior of many companies in the past decades, as they have constantly violated labor laws and promoted lack of representative trade unions, especially in industry of maquila.

The absence of a worker protection policy during the pandemic seems to be due rather to an economic project based on budget cuts and austere public spending that does not admit emergency measures. The testimonies collected in the book show the unfortunate effects of these decisions. Waiting for the US economy to be the main factor in the recovery may be successful in the coming months. However, it will not correct the damage done to working class families. Nor will boost employment if it is not accompanied by other measures, such as unemployment insurance and promotion of domestic production and consumption.

The words of grief and pain shown in this publication are a very expressive testimony of what the Government of the Republic could have done (as in other countries and even in Mexico City) but refused to do.

Saul Escobar Toledo, Economist, Professor at Department of Contemporary Studies in INAH (National Institute oh Anthropology and History, México) and President of the Board of the Institute of Workers Studies “Rafael Galvan”, a non-profit organization. His recent work : “Subcontracting: a study of change in labor relations” will be published soon by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Mexico City.
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To Enrique González Rojo (1928-2021), friend, comrade in many struggles, admirable poet, and Marxist thinker

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MTI: A 23. helyen végzett a jégtáncosok ritmustáncában a Yanovskaya Anna, Lukács Ádám kettős a stockholmi műkorcsolya- és jégtánc-világbajnokságon, melyen így nem szerzett olimpiai kvótát.

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On 26 March, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met with the newly appointed Ambassador Hatun Demirer, Permanent Representative of Turkey to the OSCE, to welcome the new Ambassador and discuss the current media situation in Turkey.

Ribeiro and Ambassador Demirer shared views on the media landscape in Turkey, including the ongoing prosecution of journalists and the independence of the judiciary in the country. They touched upon the challenges to, and opportunities for, ensuring a favourable working environment for journalists and the media in Turkey. In this regard, Ribeiro reiterated that her Office will continue to closely monitor the related developments in the country, and she expressed her appreciation in receiving further information from the Turkish authorities on specific cases of concern.

Ambassador Demirer highlighted the human rights reform package that the Turkish authorities recently announced, which, among other areas, covers the media sector, denominating it as a vital component in the evolving reforms in the country. Ribeiro expressed her interest in learning more about this initiative and offered her Office’s assistance in providing expert recommendations in the field of freedom of expression and media freedom, in line with relevant international standards and OSCE commitments.

To secure a free and safe media environment in Turkey, and across the OSCE region, Ribeiro and Ambassador Demirer both agreed that open, mutual and constructive dialogue are of crucial importance.