MIL-OSI Europe: Oral question – Women’s rights in Western Balkan countries – O-000005/2019
Source: European Parliament The Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Montenegro and Serbia) are at different stages of the process to become Member States of the EU. Although legislation is in place in all of the aforementioned countries, its implementation is limited and, in many cases, […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Canada: Provincial Government to Welcome Second Round of Expressions of Interest for International Entrepreneurs
Source: Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Advanced Education, Skills and Labour February 1, 2019 Provincial Government to Welcome Second Round of Expressions of Interest for International Entrepreneurs The Provincial Government will open a second round of Expressions of Interest for prospective immigrants around the world who wish to settle in the province and be engaged […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Call for urgent economic summit following “devastating” Bridgend Ford job losses
Source: Party of Wales Responding to the reports that the Ford engine plant in Bridgend will cut up to 400 jobs, Plaid Cymru shadow minister for the economy Rhun ap Iorwerth AM said, “The confirmation of the loss of 400 jobs at the Bridgend plant is devastating – not only for the workers directly affected […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Canada: Archives Week Celebrated Through Stories And Documents
Source: Government of Saskatchewan Released on February 1, 2019 Journeys of newcomers to Canada will be celebrated as the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists (SCAA) join to celebrate Archives Week from February 3-9. “Archives Week provides an excellent opportunity to showcase the rich history of our province, and […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Theresa May botched negotiation of Brexit forces NHS bosses on a panicked tour of hospitals – Jonathan Ashworth – The Labour Party
Source: Labour Party UK Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, commenting on NHS England preparing a rolling tour across the country to assess readiness for a no deal Brexit, said: “It really shows what a shambles Theresa May has made of negotiating Brexit that NHS bosses are now forced on a panicked tour of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: English Rendering of Prime Minister’s Statement after the Union Budget 2019-20
Source: Government of India “This is a major step towards making India a powerful nation with the schemes touching the lives of the people. This budget takes care of the interest of several sectors- from farmer welfare to middle class, from income tax relief to infrastructure, from manufacturing to MSME, from housing to healthcare and […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: To provide an assured income support to small and marginal farmers Govt. is launching Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (P.M. Kissan)
Source: Government of India Agriculture continues to be the main driver of the rural economy. Our hard-working farmers, supported by pro-farmer policies of our Government in the past four and half years, have produced agriculture commodities in record quantities. Declining prices of agricultural commodities in the international market and fall in food inflation in India […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: Work incentive limits raised
Source: Hong Kong Information Services The individual-based Work Incentive Transport Subsidy Scheme’s income and asset limits will be raised starting from the claim month of February 2019, the Government announced today. The new limits are applicable to applications for subsidy for that month onwards, the Labour Department said. It added that starting from April 1, […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Asia-Pacific: The Budget for New India will energise the nation, says PM
Source: Government of India The Budget for New India will energise the nation, says PM Budget will empower the poor, give a boost to the farmer and an impetus to economic growth: PM 12 crore farmers and their families, 3 crores middle class taxpayers will be directly benefitted: PM Farmers having land under 5 […]
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