An unsolvable paradox? Why Spain breaks job market records but tops EU’s unemployment

[ad_1] Is Spain ‘doomed’ to unemployment? Although its job market has been breaking new records with the number of unemployed at a 15-year low, it still tops EU’s unemployment rate. After being unhappy with his job for months, Francisco Gómez, 36, received a letter of dismissal. He had been working in Barcelona as a lawyer since 2018. Gómez had asked for a promotion that stalled due to a change in management. He did not agree…

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‘GAFAM’ tech giants, ByteDance and Samsung expect to face EU’s rebooted antitrust regime

[ad_1] Seven tech giants have informed the European Union that its rebooted antitrust regime — the Digital Markets Act (DMA) — will apply to them. The initial seven, the majority of whom are US-based giants, are: Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, ByteDance (TikTok), Meta (Facebook), Microsoft and Samsung. The DMA takes an ex ante approach to antitrust enforcement on major platforms that act as intermediaries between other digital businesses and consumers. It does this by laying…

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Greece: EU’s external border is hardening, attitudes are too

[ad_1] LYKOFI, Greece (AP) — Accompanied by a cloud of mosquitos, Police Capt. Konstantinos Tsolakidis and three other border guards set out on a boat patrol along the Evros River that forms a natural frontier between Greece and Turkey. The route takes them through a maze formed by tall reeds, past clusters of flamingos and boat trippers visiting a nature reserve where the river fans out to meet the Mediterranean. The Evros — called the…

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EU’s Thierry Breton bashed online after telling Elon Musk Twitter must ‘fly by our rules’ | World | News

[ad_1] A top EU official has been blasted after he warned Elon Musk that Twitter must “fly by our rules”. Thierry Breton, Commissioner for EU Internal Market, took to social media to respond to Mr Musk’s announcement that “the bird is freed”, insisting it must still abide by the bloc’s rules on content. Mr Breton said on Twitter itself: “In Europe, the bird will fly by our rules.” He also referenced the bloc’s Digital Services…

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