Nissan is slashing about 15% of its global workforce, or about 20,000 employees, as the Japanese automaker reported a loss Tuesday for the fiscal year that just ended.
Category: 3. Europe
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Nissan to shed 20,000 jobs as Japanese automaker reports loss
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France's Emmanuel Macron to make state visit to UK in July, Buckingham Palace says
State visits to Britain are particularly prized by some heads of state because they come with a full complement of royal pomp and circumstance.
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EU Sanctions Russia Again And European Leaders Gather In Tirana This Week
Welcome to Wider Europe, RFE/RL’s new newsletter focusing on the key issues concerning the European Union, NATO, and other institutions and their relationships with the Western Balkans and Europe’s Eastern neighborhoods.
I’m RFE/RL Europe Editor…
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Sixt shares plummet as firm remains unprofitable despite softer losses
The car rental and mobility firm also saw stagnating revenue in Germany, its home market.
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Immigration, ageing, training: How do challenges facing Europe’s nursing workforce compare globally?
There is a shortage of 5.8 million nurses worldwide, and it’s being made worse by the demand for foreign-born healthcare professionals in Europe.
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More than 350 stars condemn Gaza ‘genocide’ in open letter in time for Cannes opening
The stars and creatives have signed a letter about the killing of the Palestinian protagonist of a Cannes-premiering documentary: “We are ashamed of such passivity” – they wrote regarding the silence of the industry.
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All flights suspended at Charleroi Airport in Brussels after bomb threat on board Ryanair plane
Police are reportedly carrying out security screenings and will determine when air traffic can resume.
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Europe should be realistic on tech sovereignty, lawmaker says – POLITICO
“If we look at the priorities” of the Commission, “there is so much,” she said. The Commission is working on a wide range of initiatives from making Europe an AI Continent and the best place to grow startups, to backing quantum…
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UN aviation council finds Russia responsible for downing of Malaysia Airlines flight
The council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) voted on Monday that Russia failed to uphold its obligations under international air law which requires that States “refrain from resorting to the use of weapons against civil aircraft in flight.”
The case was brought by the…
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Why Europeans Should Impose a Ceasefire in Ukraine
We’re apparently at a “historic turning point” in Ukraine, where “a decisive step toward peace” was taken over the weekend. European leaders held a summit in Kyiv with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and called U.S….
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