UK job vacancies slip to five-year low in latest worrying sign for economy
Vacancies in the UK jobs market have fallen to the lowest level since 2014, other than during Covid, with 6,000 fewer openings between May and July compared to the three months to April. While the overall unemployment rate remains steady at 4.9 per cent, private sector pay growth has also…
Slovakia’s opposition has warned of the threat of Russian espionage through cameras purchased by the Ministry of the Interior
The opposition is already filing a criminal complaint regarding the Interior Ministry’s installation of Russian cameras. This was stated by Michal Šimečka, leader of the opposition party Progressive Slovakia. The information was uncovered by opposition party member Peter Bátor, who sent a corresponding inquiry. According to him, the cameras contain…
France scrambles to respond to cyberattack exposing data of 700,000 taxpayers
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has convened an interministerial crisis unit to address the large-scale cyberattack targeting the tax administration, which he will chair via “secure videoconference,” Matignon announced on Sunday. This meeting of officials from the relevant ministries will aim, among other things, to prepare for the notification of the…
Pride in being British has fallen sharply in the past 15 years
The number of people who say they are proud to be British has fallen sharply over the past 15 years, new research shows. Fewer than half (47 per cent) of the public now express national pride, down from 74 per cent in 2011, according to polling commissioned by the think…
NATO says Europe is already in a hybrid war with Russia
The Latvian president spoke about the Russian threat, saying the country is working on the assumption that it must be ready for any scenario. Russia’s hybrid war in Europe has already begun, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics said, responding to warnings about Moscow’s attempts to intimidate countries supporting Kyiv. Bloomberg reported on the…