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Japan’s Current Account Surplus Plummets 54% in FY 2022
Japan's current account surplus plummeted by 54% in FY 2022 due to a record trade deficit resulting from surging import prices and a weaker yen, as per official data. The surplus fell to ¥9.23tn ($68.85bn), the lowest since 2014, while the…
India’s Retail Inflation Drops to 15-Month Low in March
India's retail inflation dropped to a 15-month low at 5.66% in March, according to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI) on Monday. The fall was mainly due to a decline in the prices of essential…
British Junior doctors went on strike over pay
Junior doctors in the British Medical Association (BMA) have begun a four-day strike over a long-running dispute over pay. Under the leadership of the BMA union, tens of thousands of junior doctors are demanding a 35 percent increase in…
croatian health workers demand rise and improvement in sector
Hundreds of physicians and medical personnel from throughout Croatia marched to Saint Mark's Square in Zagreb to protest the government and the Ministry of Health. The demonstrators demand higher wages, improved working conditions, and…
railway workers went on strike in England
After health workers and firefighters, train drivers joined the cost of living protests that started across England. The workers of Aslef, one of the rail transport unions in the country, went on strike, demanding raises in salaries and…
New wave of strikes from ambulance workers in England
Many industry workers, whose salaries have become inadequate due to rising inflation in the UK, continue to strike. Emphasizing that the government has not responded to their previous demand for a salary raise and the resolution of their…
Bakers takes to streets in France
While reactions towards the pension reform in France continues, bakers, who state having a difficult time due to increased electricity and raw material prices, compulsory premiums and taxes, gathered in the Place de la Nation in the capital…
teachers protest low salary in portugal
Thousands of teachers took to the streets in Portugal's capital city of Lisbon to demand better working conditions and higher salaries. Being on strike since the beginning of December, the teachers stated that their salaries, which is…
Food prices rise in Czech Republic
Despite a decline in retail sales in the Czech Republic over the past 7 months, food prices have continued to rise, according to data from the Czech Statistics Office. In November, there was a 9.6% decrease in retail sales of non-food…
Türkiye records 3.67 billion USD current account deficit in november
Türkiye recorded a current account deficit of 3.67 billion U.S. dollars in November last year, according to data released by the Turkish central bank on Wednesday. The country's 12-month rolling deficit, which ended in November last year,…