TEKEL Workers Stage Turkey’s Largest Protest in 30 Years

by Emel Baştürk Akca - Turkey - Once one of Turkey’s biggest public producers of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products, TEKEL has outlets and factories all over the country. But ever since the Turkish giant opted for privatization and terminated...

Posted by Emel Baştürk Akca on March 4, 2010 12:00 AM

Workplace ”Mobbing”: EU Integration Pushes Macedonian Labor Law to the Surface

by Natasha Dokovska - Macedonia - "I have 15 years seniority over the human resources officer and the highest level of education. Eight years ago, I was the head of the department, but in the last two years I have...

Posted by Natasha Dokovska on October 21, 2009 12:00 AM

Protecting Personal Data: Who Is Watching Big Brother?

by Vera von Kreutzbruck - Germany - One of life’s sweet pleasures is to travel. Thanks to the increasing number of low-cost flights, traveling abroad is no longer a luxury reserved for the privileged few. At the same time, however,...

Posted by Vera von Kreutzbruck on August 26, 2009 12:00 AM

How to Solve the Food Crisis: Cut trade barriers and start a Green Revolution in Africa, says Jeffrey Sachs

by Eva Sohlman - Sweden - In Haiti people eat cakes baked with mud for lack of flour. In Bangladesh, Indonesia and across Africa, riots are spreading among the hungry. And in the world’s richest country, the United States, the...

Posted by Eva Sohlman on July 10, 2008 1:13 PM

The Role and Influence of the US President in Germany

by Vera von Kreutzbruck Germany The next president of the United States of America will undoubtedly play a major role in the international arena – as all US presidents have in past decades. But the important question is how much...

Posted by Vera von Kreutzbruck on June 18, 2007 6:24 PM