Minimum wages have declined because of soaring inflation. This is how things stand across Europe
In 2022, inflation rates rocked the EU, reaching levels not seen before in the previous four decades. Low-income households are struggling to cope with the resulting cost-of-living crisis. Almost all EU member states have increased the minimum wage in the last two years, but rising inflation has…#oecd #bulgaria #luxembourg #belgium #ireland #netherlands #denmark #cyprus #austria #finland (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Oil prices rise as the outlook for China's demand brightens and after Turkey's earthquake ignites supply concerns
Jason Kozlowski / EyeEm Oil prices rose for a second day Tuesday thanks to hopes that China's reopening will strongly boost demand. The gains come after the IEA's chief said OPEC+ may have to raise crude output to meet Chinese demand. The huge earthquake in Turkey halted flows at a key oil export…#iea #turkey #olehansen #saxobank #northerniraq #ceyhan #fatihbirol #beijing #cyprus #iraq (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cyprus Ex-Foreign Minister Places First in Presidential Election
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Source: Reuters: Health - February 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cyprus heads to polls to pick new president with runoff expected
Cyprus voted on Sunday for a new president in an election that opinion polls indicate is unlikely to produce a clear winner, setting the stage for a runoff on Feb. 12. Heralding the end of two terms for incumbent conservative President Nicos Anastasiades, some 561,000 Greek Cypriots are eligible…#nicosanastasiades #greekcypriots #turkishcypriots #nikoschristodouldes #averofneophytou #andreasmavroyiannis #akel #politis #cyprus #anastasiades (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Proclamations and promises as the EU caravan rolls into Kyiv
Also in today’s newsletter: Cyprus goes to the polls with few fresh options (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Bitzlato Prepares to Resume Operations Following Shutdown by Authorities
Two weeks ago, a little-known crypto exchange called Bitzlato was shut down in a raid coordinated by Europol and spearheaded by French and American authorities. Now, the company’s founder believes it will soon resume operations. A Coordinated Effort The sting operation was carried out in the two…#europol #coordinatedeffort #portugal #spain #cyprus #hydramarket #bitzlato #btc #miami #anatolylegkodymov (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Barclays and UBS face questions over Roman Abramovich ’s billion-dollar trusts
Barclays and UBS are facing questions about their ties to Roman Abramovich after his secretive offshore trusts were reorganised shortly before Europe and the UK imposed sanctions on the Russian oligarch. The Oligarch files, a cache of leaked documents seen by the Guardian, suggest that before…#ubs #romanabramovich #russian #oligarch #guardian #ukraine #moscow #barclays #vladimirputin #cyprus (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Analysis of the rate of working women's acceptance of partner violence and cultural reflections in Cypriot society - Ba şak N, Bulut Serin N.
This case study aims to measure the level of acceptance of violence among women and couples and to reveal the level of acceptance within and outside the families of women who have participated in working life. The concepts of anger and violence, physical, ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Bitzlato Executives Arrested in Europe, Exchange Laundered €1 Billion, Europol Says
European law enforcement authorities have detained four more members of the executive team of crypto exchange Bitzlato, Europol announced. According to the police agency, nearly half of the funds processed through the platform were associated with various criminal activities. Bitzlato Senior…#bitzlato #europol #europeanunionagency #belgium #cyprus #portugal #spain #netherlands #hongkong #miami (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Binance Charity Set To Fund Over 30,000 Web3 Education Scholarships In 2023
Binance Charity – the philanthropic branch of the Binance Exchange – has announced its plan to provide over 30,000 Web3 education scholarships as part of its Binance Scholar Program. According to an official blog post on the crypto exchange’s website, Binance Charity revealed it has processed over…#binancecharity #binanceexchange #defi #helenhai #bsp #busd #nigeria #senegal #southafrica #cyprus (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Binance Charity to provide over 30K Web3 scholarships in 2023
Among the education centers involved include colleges in Australia, Cyprus and Germany, Nigerian-based tech hub Utiva, Women in Tech, and two Ukrainian organizations.#cyprus #nigerian #utiva (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Greece expanding border wall, calls for EU help on migration
Greece prevented around 260,000 migrants from entering illegally in 2022 and arrested 1,500 traffickers, an official said Saturday. Citizens’ Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos was speaking to ambassadors from other European Union countries plus Switzerland and the United Kingdom as he guided…#greece #citizensprotection #takistheodorikakos #switzerland #unitedkingdom #theodorikakos #solidarity #greek #cypriot #kyriakoskenevezos (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Which countries have the most strikes in Europe?
Major strikes are taking place in France and the UK. France has a very high level of working days lost due to these strikes, but this figure has declined remarkably in recent decades. A nationwide strike is taking place in France on Thursday in response to plans by President Emmanuel Macron’s…#poland #lithuania #etui #ilo #cyprus #oecd #turkey #norway #spain #netherlands (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Russian Citizen Accused of Running Cryptocurrency Exchange Used by Criminals
WASHINGTON — A Russian citizen who ran a cryptocurrency exchange that federal prosecutors say transmitted at least $700 million in illicit funds has been arrested in Miami and charged with evading U.S. money-laundering safeguards, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday. The Russian…#anatolylegkodymov #justicedepartments #kennethapolitejr #hongkong #miami #cyprus #spain #russian #bitzlato #portugal (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

US Charges Bitzlato's Founder with Processing $700M in Crypto for Criminals
p>The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged Anatoly Legkodymov, the founder of China-based cryptocurrency exchange, Bitzlato, with processing over $700 million of illicit funds in cryptocurrency for darknet criminals between 2018 and 2022. DOJ disclosed on Wednesday that…#doj #targetblank #kyc #hongkong #kyca #cyprus #spain #hydramarket #legkodymov #justicedepartment (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news