Employment

Women make up only 30 percent of Turkey?s labor force, according to a new report from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜ?K) released on March 5.

BELGRADE - Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin said on Monday that last year saw a drop in Serbia's unemployment rate from 23 to 17.6 percent, and the government will strive to keep it at the same level and reduce it, if possible, primarily through youth employment schemes.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister of Finance Dusan Vujovic has said that he would present by July the plan for a reduction of jobs in the public sector, and added that the new arrangement with the IMF would help the dinar strangthen further.

The EC approved on Thursday the Operational Programme Good Governance, which foresees the allocation of EUR 336 M for improving the public administration and transparency of the judiciary in Bulgaria.

The majority of the funds (EUR 286 M) will be provided by the EU budget through the European Social Fund (ESF) for the 2014-2020 programme period.

Turkish capitalism has experienced a long period of growth in the period since 2002 when the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power. The wind of this growth was provided domestically and internationally. This growth, which occurred with the push of a foreign capital inflow totaling an annual average of $40 billion, was mostly oriented toward the domestic market.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki said that local self-governments must be sustainable and that the downsizing process will be carried out for that purpose.

In April 2013, EU Member States made a commitment to ensure young people's successful transition into work by establishing Youth Guarantee schemes.

A total of 123 million euros has been set aside to pay overtime for police officers and civilians working at the Public Order Ministry during Sunday’s elections, the government said on Wednesday.
Police officers will receive the overtime pay on February 1... ...

BELGRADE - Civil society organizations (CSOs) overseeing the work of public institutions and the media in Serbia demanded Friday from the Republic Public Prosecutor's Office to initiate pre-investigation proceedings and check all allegations by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) about abuses in the Serbian government's tender for pumping water from a mine at the Kolubara coal bas

By Dimitra Manifava

The winter sales started on Monday across the country and will continue through February 28, but retailers have very limited expectations as forecasts are pointing to a 5 to 8 percent drop in turnover from the same time last year.

This follows an 8-10 percent decline in December turnover.