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Coronavirus causes massive layoffs across the Balkans
Author: Balkan Insight (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
4 May 2020 ...
- Related in-depth areas: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak
Italy: Unions call for regularisation of migrant workers in response to poor conditions, pandemic hazards
Author: Hsiao-Hung Pai, openDemocracy (UK)
Italy’s all too revealing call for regularising migrant labour, 6 May 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak: Migrant workers
Armenia: UK & US Govt. allegedly pressured govt. to finish construction of controversial Amulsar gold mine, despite socio-environmental risks
Author: Thomas Rowley, openDemocracy (UK)
"Armenia ‘under pressure’ from UK and US over mining dispute, says EU report", 5 May 2020 An internal report by the European Union Delegation to Armenia states that the UK and US have pressured the country over a controversial gold mining project, ope...
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Russia: Without employment or protections, Central Asian migrant workers face poverty & discrimination during COVID-19 lockdown
Author: Ekaterina Ivashchenko, openDemocracy (UK)
Russia's labour migrants are caught between poverty and a pandemic, 7 May 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak: Migrant workers
Spying risks sidelined in Europe as phone data aids COVID-19 fight
Author: Natalia Drozdiak, Bloomberg (USA)
Spying Risks Sidelined in Europe as Phone Data Aids Virus Fight, 22 April 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak: Surveillance, censorship & privacy
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UK: Cybersecurity experts warn govt's contact tracing app could be used to surveil people after coronavirus gone
Author: Isobel Asher Hamilton, Business Insider (USA)
170 cybersecurity experts warn that British government's contact tracing app could be used to surveil people even after coronavirus has gone, 29 April 2020 ...
- Related in-depth areas: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak: Surveillance, censorship & privacy
Eastern European care workers in Italy thrust into uncertainty
Author: Giorgio Ghiglione, Al Jazeera (Qatar)
28 April 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak: Migrant workers
Author: Evelyne Salamero, Force Ouvrière (France)
« Europe : atteintes aux droits syndicaux en période de pandémie », 26 avril 2020...
Author: Rachel Knaebel, basta! (France)
"« Stop Covid » : une application de pistage du virus respectueuse des libertés est-elle possible ? ", 16 avril 2020...
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European industry retools to fight Coronavirus
Author: Daniel Bosque, Jan Flemr, AFP (France)
2 April 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak: Government & business response
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